Rajasthan High Court upholds privity of contract

The petitioners who were hired on contractual basis claimed permanent employment from the government contending that they gave best part of their life working for the government college hence their employment with the government must be regularised. The court delving into the matter observed that the contract was primarily entered into between the contractor and the government, making petitioners the third party and alien to the contract with respect to privity of contract that existed between the parties. The court while deciding the matter referred to several Supreme Court cases to arrive at its decision in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 4381/2024 affirming that rendering service for long time does not entitle the contractual employees to get a vested right of employment in their favour.