Holding that the State and its institutions cannot “exploit citizens nor take advantage of mass unemployment”, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered regularisation of contractual Assistant Professors serving for more than 12 years in the constituent colleges of Panjab University.

Justice Jagmohan Bansal ruled that the petitioners, who were appointed in 2012 after undergoing a due selection process against sanctioned posts, were not “backdoor entrants” and could not be denied regularisation merely because they were initially appointed on a contractual basis.

“The petitioners were appointed after following due procedure. They are fully qualified. They are working with the University since 2012 and that too without any protection of this Court or any other Court. They were selected

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