LPA No. 396 of 2011(O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH LPA No. 396 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision 10.03.2011 Bagicha Singh and others ---Appellants Versus State of Punjab and others ---Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present: Mr. Saurabh Garg, Advocate for the appellants. 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. KUMAR, J. 1. The appellants have filed the instant appeal under Clause X of the Letters Patent challenging the judgment dated 14.09.2009 rendered by the learned Single Judge holding that the service of the work charged employee cannot be regularised because they were not recruited through a legally sanctioned source like employment exchange. The learned Single Judge has also placed reliance on the five Judges Constitution Bench of Hon'ble the Supreme Court rendered in the case of State of Karnataka v. Uma Devi (2006) 4 SCC 1 and the latter view of Hon'ble the Supreme Court reiterating the aforesaid principle rendered in the case of State of Karnataka v. G.V. Chandrashekar (2009) 4 SCC 342. LPA No. 396 of 2011(O&M) -2- 2. We have heard learned counsel for the parties at a considerable length. The question of regularisation of such employees who have been inducted in service through a unlawful source have to be answered against them. On our repeated queries, learned counsel for the appellants has not been able to apprise us how the requirement of law laid down in para 53 of the judgment in Uma Devi's case (supra) would be fulfilled. He has not been able to satisfy us. We find no merit in the appeal. 3. Accordingly, the appeal fails and the same is dismissed. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (T.P.S. MANN) JUDGE March 10, 2011 Atul