The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Chandigarh bench has directed the Union Territory (UT) administration to regularise the services of Rajesh Verma, a lecturer at Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET), after he worked on a contractual basis for 20 years. Verma applied for the lecturer position in the college's diploma wing following an advertisement on September 23, 2007, and received his appointment letter on October 1, 2007. He argued that he was eligible for the position and had maintained an unblemished record without any disciplinary issues. The Tribunal noted that the high court previously ruled that employees appointed through a transparent process against sanctioned posts cannot be denied regularisation solely based on their contractual status. Consequently, the Tribunal ordered that Verma's services be regularised to the post of lecturer (Production & Industrial Engineering) effective from his initial appointment date, with the administration required to complete this process within three months.