https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193094 The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Orissa Service of Engineers (Validation of Appointment) Act, 2002, which aimed to regularize the services of ad hoc Assistant Engineers. The Court differentiated between validation and regularisation, concluding that the legislation was a regularisation enactment. Relying on the Umadevi case, the Court allowed for a one-time exception to regularize employees who had served for over ten years. The Court also affirmed the validity of Section 3(2) of the legislation regarding seniority, directing the regularisation of degree holder Junior Engineers. The High Court's decision was set aside, and related issues were left open for further proceedings. en-us Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 13 Jul 2017 07:31:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193094 The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Orissa Service of Engineers (Validation of Appointment) Act, 2002, which aimed to regularize the services of ad hoc Assistant Engineers. The Court differentiated between validation and regularisation, concluding that the legislation was a regularisation enactment. Relying on the Umadevi case, the Court allowed for a one-time exception to regularize employees who had served for over ten years. The Court also affirmed the validity of Section 3(2) of the legislation regarding seniority, directing the regularisation of degree holder Junior Engineers. The High Court's decision was set aside, and related issues were left open for further proceedings. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193094