https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456161 Repeated temporary engagement for project-specific work does not, by itself, establish unfair labour practice where the employment is fixed-term, co-terminous with the work, and the breaks are not shown to be artificial. The workman bears the burden of proving that temporary appointments were used as a device to deny permanent status, and that burden was not discharged here. Completion of 240 days of service confers only the statutory protection applicable at retrenchment; it does not create an independent right to regularisation or permanency. On the facts, the employment remained bona fide temporary and no legal basis existed to direct regularisation. en-us Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 04 Jul 2024 11:13:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456161 Repeated temporary engagement for project-specific work does not, by itself, establish unfair labour practice where the employment is fixed-term, co-terminous with the work, and the breaks are not shown to be artificial. The workman bears the burden of proving that temporary appointments were used as a device to deny permanent status, and that burden was not discharged here. Completion of 240 days of service confers only the statutory protection applicable at retrenchment; it does not create an independent right to regularisation or permanency. On the facts, the employment remained bona fide temporary and no legal basis existed to direct regularisation. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456161