<h1>Ban prolonged temporary hiring: state must regularize recurring public work, produce records and comply with Articles 14, 16 and 21</h1> The Supreme Court condemned prolonged use of temporary labels for regular public work, holding that the state, as a constitutional employer, must reflect recurring duties in sanctioned posts and cannot balance budgets by keeping workers in precarious engagements. Courts may scrutinise generic claims of financial constraint; administrations must maintain and produce establishment records, explain alternatives considered, and show compliance with Articles 14, 16 and 21. The court regularised long-serving daily-wage employees from an earlier date and directed the creation of supernumerary Class-III and Class-IV posts to accommodate them, finding non-speaking rejections and opaque 'ad-hocism' unreasonable.