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Bombay High Court Orders VVMC To Regularise Long-Serving Contract Staff
The Bombay High Court considered the case of workers employed by VVMC.
These workers included doctors, nurses and administrative staff.
They had worked for the civic body for eight to 11 years.
However, they were repeatedly given short contracts instead of permanent jobs.
The State and VVMC wanted them to take another written examination.
The court cancelled that requirement for the petitioners.
It ordered VVMC to make their jobs permanent within two weeks.
The court also said public bodies should use permanent jobs when work continues for a long time.
The Bombay High Court ordered VVMC to regularise long-serving contractual employees within two weeks.
The court set aside requirements for petitioners to pass a fresh written examination.
The petitioners, including doctors, nurses and administrative staff, had served for eight to 11 years.
Many employees worked on repeated six-month contracts separated by technical one-day breaks.
The court urged the State and municipal bodies to end prolonged ad-hoc appointments and create permanent posts.
- Who
- Long-serving contractual doctors, nurses, medical staff and administrative employees of the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation, and the State Government and VVMC.
- What
- The Bombay High Court cancelled a fresh-examination requirement and ordered VVMC to regularise the petitioners.
- Where
- At the Bombay High Court, concerning employment with the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation.
- When
- The order was reported on September 12, 2026; the court directed regularisation within two weeks.
- Why
- The court found that employees had performed regular work for eight to 11 years through repeated short-term contracts and said prolonged ad-hoc employment should not replace permanent staffing.
Key facts
- Court
- Bombay High Court bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe
- Civic body
- Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVMC)
- Length of service
- Petitioners had served continuously for eight to 11 years
- Contract pattern
- Repeated six-month contracts with technical one-day breaks
- Court deadline
- VVMC must issue regularisation orders within two weeks
- Examination requirement
- The court quashed State and VVMC directions requiring a fresh written examination
- Earlier regularisation
- The court noted that 33 VVMC contractual employees had already been regularised without a fresh examination
Quotes
Bombay High Court bench
The bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe hearing the VVMC employees’ petitions.
“What has infected the system is the cultivation of such ad-hocism, rather than the creation and maintenance of a robust and permanent cadre of employees appointed as soon as vacancies arise and through the prescribed procedure.”
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“We also cannot be oblivious to the fact that, in a large country like ours, unemployment is one of the prime concerns of the State. No fault can be found with citizens grabbing every possible opportunity of public employment.”
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