JODHPUR, May 4 -- The Rajasthan high court on Friday came down heavily on the state for failing to regularise employees of Class-III and Class-IV grades who have been serving for decades in irregular capacities without proper appointments. The court observed that the plight of these workers - many of whom have been in service since the late 1970s - was akin to being "left blowing in the wind." The remark, referencing Bob Dylan's famous song, was used by justice Arun Monga at the very beginning of the judgment: "In words of Bob Dylan's famous song 'Blowing in the Wind', it appears that these petitioners have also been left blowing in the wind." The court was hearing a batch of petitions by workers who had been appointed to various posts - some as early as 1979 - but had not been regularised despite working continuously for decades. These employees, mostly in subordinate roles, approached the HC seeking directions for absorption and parity in service conditions. After extensively citing Supreme Court precedents, the court held that the petitioners had suffered long-standing administrative injustice and merited relief. The court issued a series of directions meant to address the long-standing administrative injustice faced by the petitioners. The court directed the chief secretary to conduct a fresh review to identify all such petitioners whose initial appointments were irregular but not illegal....