{
  "id": 6996601,
  "title": "Bombay HC Directs Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation To Regularise Long-Serving Contract Staff, Calls For End To Ad-Hoc Appointments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/bombay-hc-directs-vasai-virar-city-municipal-corporation-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T21:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/bombay-hc-directs-vasai-virar-city-municipal-corporation-to-regularise-long-serving-contract-staff-calls-for-end-to-ad-hoc-appointments"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai, September 12, 2026: The Bombay High Court has ruled that the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation must regularise the long-serving contract staff, rejecting the system of ad-hoc appointments. A bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe set aside directives from the State and VVMC, compelling the municipal body to grant permanency to the petitioners within two weeks. The court's decision comes in response to a series of petitions filed by healthcare staff, doctors, nurses and administrative employees who had been appointed through selection procedures and had served the civic body continuously for eight to 11 years. Despite their regular performance, they were repeatedly offered six-month contracts with brief gaps between appointments. The court noted that several employees had also worked during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also observed that 33 contractual employees had already been regularised without needing to undergo any fresh examination. The bench emphasized that systemic ad-hocism must be eliminated, with creation of permanent posts being the norm. They said prolonged ad-hoc employment creates uncertainty and prejudice for employees who continue working for years on temporary contracts. The court also highlighted the country's unemployment situation, stating that citizens can accept temporary public employment, but authorities must continuously assess staffing needs and create permanent posts wherever there is perennial work, rather than allowing bureaucratic lethargy to perpetuate temporary appointments.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, September 12, 2026: Emphasising that public bodies must create permanent posts through a robust recruitment mechanism instead of perpetuating systemic ad-hocism, the Bombay High Court has come to the aid of long-serving contractual healthcare staff of the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVMC). A bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe set aside State and VVMC directives…",
  "key_points": [
    "Ad-hoc appointment system rejected, permanent posts emphasized.",
    "33 contractual employees already regularised without new exams."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}