Srinagar, Aug. 30 -- The High Court of J&K and Ladakh on Saturday dismissed appeals by a group of daily-rated workers seeking regularisation under SRO 520 of 2017, holding they failed to prove they were engaged before the government's March 2015 cut-off date.

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice (Acting) Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Mohammad. Yousuf Wani delivered the judgment while hearing two connected Letters Patent Appeals filed by the daily-wagers against the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.

The appeals challenged an earlier order of a Single Judge, dated October 31, 2025, which had dismissed their writ petitions on similar grounds.

The petitioners had claimed they were engaged as daily-wage workers between 2012 and 2015, bef...