SHILLONG, India, April 14 -- Meghalaya High Court issued the following judgment/order on March 12:

1. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner was appointed in the year 1993 as Laboratory Technician in the Department of Health & Family Welfare after being recommended by the Departmental Selection Committee. The services of the petitioner was then confirmed in the year 2019 by the Director of Health Services (MI), but strangely vide order dated 18.03.2023, the respondent No. 3 issued a list of adhoc appointees who were to be regularized and the name of the petitioner was on the said list. The petitioner being aggrieved with the said order, is before this Court by way of the instant writ petition.

2. Mr. K. Paul, learned Senior ...