The Punjab and Haryana High Court on November 14 ordered the regularisation of all Chandigarh teachers appointed under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) who have completed more than 10 years of service, holding that the administration cannot “misuse” contractual labels to deny them the rights of regular employees.

Justice Jagmohan Bansal directed the Union Territory administration and the Centre to regularise eligible members of the SSA cadre within six weeks. If they fail to do so, he held, the teachers “shall be deemed to be regularised” from the expiry of that period.

Chandigarh appointed over 1,300 teachers under the SSA between 2005 and 2014 after public advertisements, written tests and verification of qualifications. Although the appointments replicated the procedure for regular go

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