Chandigarh, April 4 -- The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Chandigarh bench has directed the UT administration and UT secretary of technical education to regularise the services of Rajesh Verma, a lecturer at Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Sector 26 where he had been working on contract for the past 20 years.

Rajesh Verma applied for the lecturer post at Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology's diploma wing after an advertisement was issued for contractual appointments on September 23, 2007.

In his petition, he said that he was eligible as per the advertisement and was issued an appointment letter on October 1, 2007. His tenure was extended from time to time by the respondents. He added that he had bee...