Chandigarh, Sept. 10 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has upheld a single judge order that mandated Panjab University (PU) to regularise the services of contract teachers serving in the varsity and its constituent colleges for more than 10 years.

The HC bench of justice HS Sethi and justice Minderjeet Yadav was hearing an appeal from PU against the single judge order passed in November 2025 in some teachers' cases.

The court modified the single bench order to the extent that the university will consider the claim of all such teachers and regularise them if there is nothing against their work and conduct. Lawyers said the order would immediately benefit at least 40 such faculty members on campus and in colleges.

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