Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:53352 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 16312 of 2018 Petitioner :- Jai Pratap Mishra Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Krishna Dev Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pranjal Mehrotra,Vimlesh Kumar Rai Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. By the impugned order dated 27.04.2018, the claim of the petitioner for regularization of the services of the petitioner has been declined. The petitioner was engaged as a daily wage Chowkidar in the respondent corporation. The impugned order dated 27.04.2018 passed by the respondent No. 3 records that petitioner did not work for the period 16.02.2010 to 29.02.2012 and was not paid any salary for the aforesaid period. The petitioner again worked from March 2012 to May 2015. Thereafter the petitioner has been absenting himself from work w.e.f. 01.06.2015. The claim of the petitioner for regularization has been invalidated due to lack of continuity of service. The aforesaid finding in the impugned order have not been disputed in the writ petition. Continuity of service is an imperative for regularization of services. There is no infirmity in the impugned order. The writ petition is dismissed. Order Date :- 10.4.2025 Jaswant Digitally signed by :- JASWANT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad