In Brief
The case concerns an interim order passed by the High Court restraining a Road Development Corporation from appointing new contractual employees in place of existing ones. The writ petitioners sought regularization of their services and regular pay-scale. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal, finding the High Court erred in passing the interim order without reasons and without considering that: (1) there was no sanctioned regular post; (2) no direct employer-employee relationship existed; and (3) the petitioners were contractor-appointed contractual employees. The interim order was quashed as improper."
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