The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a batch of petitions filed by nearly 70 part-time workers of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) seeking regularisation of their services. The court held that employees not working against sanctioned posts and engaged for only a few hours a day cannot claim the right to regularisation.

A bench of Justice Harpreet Singh Brar observed that the judiciary cannot compel the state or its undertakings to create or sanction posts. “In the present case, the corporation is free to create a fresh policy for regularisation of those employees who are similarly situated as the petitioners. This court cannot issue a writ compelling the respondents to create or sanction posts for the regularisation of part-time workers, or to frame a specifi

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