Legal Analysis: Madan Singh and Others vs. State of Haryana & Others

Citation: 2026 INSC 379
Court: Supreme Court of India
Bench: Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar (Division Bench)
Judgment Author: Not specified (per curiam, likely both)
Date of Decision: April 16, 2026
Nature of Judgment: Civil Appeal under Article 136 against High Court judgment quashing regularisation notifications.

Synopsis of the Judgment

The State of Haryana issued notifications in 2014 seeking to regularise the services of Group ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ employees working on ad hoc/contractual/daily wage basis. The High Court quashed all notifications as violative of the law laid down in Umadevi and subsequent decisions. The Supreme Court partly allowed the appeals, holding that notifications dated 16.06.2014 and 18.06.2014 were valid as they covered employees left out from an earlier 1996 regularisation policy. However, notifications dated 07.07.2014 were arbitrary and illegal because they sought to regularise employees engaged without advertisement or interview. Exercising power under Article 142, the Court allowed those employees who had continued in service under the 07.07.2014 notifications to remain, but placed them at the lowest pay scale of the post.

1. Basic Information of the Judgment

Field Details Case Title Madan Singh and Others vs. State of Haryana & Others Civil Appeal Nos. 1996 of 2024 and connected matters (multiple appeals) Bench Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar Date of Decision April 16, 2026 Citation 2026 INSC 379 Appeal From Common judgment dated 31.05.2018 of Punjab and Haryana High Court in batch of writ petitions

2. Legal Framework

Laws and Constitutional Provisions Involved:

• Constitution of India, 1950: Article 14 (equality), Article 16 (equality in public employment), Article 162 (extent of executive power of State), Article 309 (recruitment rules), Article 142 (power to do complete justice).

• Service jurisprudence: Principles of regularisation of ad hoc/contractual/daily wage employees.

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