In Brief
The Maharashtra State Electricity Board challenged Industrial Court and High Court orders directing regularization of Class IV daily wage workers. Though relying on Uma Devi (which holds regularization is not automatic), the Court found that workers who had served 25+ years should not be denied the same treatment granted to similarly situated colleagues. The Court disposed of the appeals directing the Board to reconsider the workers' cases as a one-time measure, accounting for comparable regularizations and length of service, within specified timelines.">
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