Chandigarh, Nov. 18 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has ordered the regularisation of 700-odd teachers working in Chandigarh schools under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) since 2005.

"The petitioners were appointed after following due procedure. They are fully qualified. They have been working with UT Chandigarh since 2005 and that too without any protection of this court or any other court. They were selected against posts sanctioned by the project approval board. They cannot be denied regularisation on the basis of absence of posts or regularisation policy," the bench of justice Jagmohan Bansal observed while ordering regularisation of services of not only the petitioners but also of similarly placed teachers who have complete...