In Brief
BSNL challenged a Gauhati High Court order granting temporary status to a casual labourer under a 1989 regularization scheme. The scheme required workers to have completed 240 days' work within a single 12-month period. A departmental committee found the respondent had worked only 38 days in any single year. The Supreme Court held the Tribunal and High Court erred by granting relief without recording evidence as directed on remand, and by aggregating service across multiple years rather than requiring 240 days in one calendar year. Photostat certificates lacked authentication and did not match official records. The Court set aside both judgments and allowed BSNL's appeal.",
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