SHILLONG, India, March 10 -- Meghalaya High Court issued the following judgment/order on Feb. 9:

1. The petitioners, who are stated to be serving in the post of Industrial Promotion Officer in the Department of Commerce and Industries for the last 14 years, are again before this Court in this third round of litigation praying for regularisation of their services in the said post.

2. The brief necessary background facts are that the petitioners had entered their services by a selection process which had been conducted by the Departmental Selection Committee, and were appointed under Regulation 3(f) of the MPSC (LoFs) Regulation 1972. On their services not being regularised, the writ petitioners had in the years 2017 and 2019, approached t...