📷 Image: Wikimedia Commons / Harvinder Chandigarh
Jobs & Career
Punjab & Haryana HC overturns regularisation of PRTC employees
✍️ The Indian Express
🗓 18 Sep 2026, 03:16 AM
👁 8
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the earlier order that regularised workers of the Punjab Road Transport Corporation, restoring their previous contractual status.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a judgment that reverses the regularisation granted to employees of the Punjab Road Transport Corporation (PRTC). The court's order nullifies the previous directive that had converted the workers' contractual positions into permanent posts.
According to the ruling, the High Court found procedural lapses in the way the regularisation was implemented, prompting it to restore the status quo ante. The decision affects a sizable workforce that had been anticipating the security and benefits associated with permanent employment.
Legal petitions challenging the regularisation were filed by a group of PRTC workers, who argued that the process violated statutory norms. The court's intervention underscores the judiciary's role in overseeing administrative actions that impact public sector employees.
The reversal is expected to have immediate implications for payroll, service conditions, and future recruitment policies of the corporation. Officials of the PRTC have been directed to comply with the court's order while they consider possible remedial steps.
Stakeholders, including labour unions and transport users, are watching the development closely, as it may set a precedent for similar regularisation schemes in other state-run enterprises.
According to the ruling, the High Court found procedural lapses in the way the regularisation was implemented, prompting it to restore the status quo ante. The decision affects a sizable workforce that had been anticipating the security and benefits associated with permanent employment.
Legal petitions challenging the regularisation were filed by a group of PRTC workers, who argued that the process violated statutory norms. The court's intervention underscores the judiciary's role in overseeing administrative actions that impact public sector employees.
The reversal is expected to have immediate implications for payroll, service conditions, and future recruitment policies of the corporation. Officials of the PRTC have been directed to comply with the court's order while they consider possible remedial steps.
Stakeholders, including labour unions and transport users, are watching the development closely, as it may set a precedent for similar regularisation schemes in other state-run enterprises.