Patna High Court
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3237 of 2013 ====================================================== 1. Baijnath Singh, Son of Sri Jiut Singh, Resident of Village and P.O. Jamuao, P.S. Piro, District Bhojpur. 2. Baban Prasad Singh, Son of Sri Aatma Singh, Resident of Village Bahuara, P.O. Bahuara, P.S. Godari, District Rohtas. 3. Tribhuwan Singh, Son of Late Yugal Ray, Resident of Village and P.O. Tarar, P.S. Nokha, District – Bhojpur. 4. Vijay Ray, Son of Late Kalpnath Ray, Resident of village Nonar, P.O. Nonar, P.S. Pero, District Bhojpur. 5. Yogendra Kumar, Son of Late Satya Narayan Singh, resident of village Mohan Tola, P.O. Dev Chanda, P.S. – Piro, District Bhojpur. 6. Baijnath Singh No. 1, son of Late Dalkeshwar Singh, resident of village Sedha, P.O. Sedha, P.S. Sararhri, District Bhojpur. 7. Gobardhan Singh, son of Late Laldas Singh, resident of village and P.O. Mani, P.S. Vikramganj, District Rohtas. 8. Mathura Singh, Son of Late Ramanand Singh, resident of village Belbai, P.O. Belbai, P.S. Karakat, District Rohtas. 9. Chaturgun Singh, Son of Late Ram Kishun Singh Yadav, resident of village Suhiya, P.O. Suhiya, P.S. Shahpur, District Bhojpur. 10. Vijay Kumar Singh, son of Late Keshaw Prasad Singh, resident of village Ramnagar, P.O. Dalipur, P.S.-Jagdishpur, District-Bhojpur. 11. Ranjeet Pratap Singh, son of Bharat Bhushan Singh, resident of village and P.O. Koilwar, P.S. Koilwar, District – Bhojpur. 12. Siya Ram Singh, Son of Anant Singh, resident of village Babudhar, P.O. Babu Bazar, P.S. Nawada, District Bhojpur. .... .... Petitioners 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Chief Engineer, Irrigation Department Dehri-on-sone, P.O. & Versus P.S. Dehri, District Rohtas. 3. The Principal Secretary, Water Resources Development Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Joint Secretary, Water Resources Development Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 5. The Chief Engineer, Irrigation department, Dehri-On-Sone, P.O.+P.S.+District Rohtas 6. The Superintending Engineer, Sone Canal Anchal, Ara, P.O.+P.S.+District Ara 7. The Executive Engineer, P.O.+P.S.+District Ara. 8. The Executive Engineer, P.O.+P.S.+District – Bhabhua. Sone Canal Division, Ara, Irrigation Department, Bhabhua,
Legal Reasoning
.... .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioners : Mr. Bipin Bihari Singh, Advocate For the Respondents : Mr. Gautam Bose AAG-8 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MIHIR KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER Patna High Court CWJC No.3237 of 2013 (2) dt.20-02-2013 2 2 20-02-2013 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application reads as follows:- “For commanding and directing the concerned authority to consider and decide the claim of the petitioners for the regularization in terms of the policy decision of the State Government communicated under Memo No. 489 dated 10.05.05 whereby the cut off date for the regularization was extended from 01.08.1985 to 11.12.1990 or a list of persons who completed more then 240 days and appointed earlier to 11.12.1990.” Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioners have worked as Seasonal Amin for a period exceeding 240 days and all of them possessed the prescribed qualification for the post of Amin as would be evidenced from the list of Seasonal/daily wages employee prepared by the Executive Engineer of the Sone Canal Division, Ara dated 24.1.2007. On the basis of the same, learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners would be entitled for regularization of service in view of the Government resolution dated 10.5.2005. In the considered opinion of this court, the petitioners have some misconceived notion as with regard to the scheme of Patna High Court CWJC No.3237 of 2013 (2) dt.20-02-2013 3 regularization. The government had issued an order dated 18.6.1993 which is resolution no. 5940 dated 18.6.1993 wherein it had decided that the employees on daily wages engaged on or after 1.8.1985 should be removed from service and those continued in service as prior to 1.8.1985 will be given weightage in the appointment if they had completed 240 days service on daily wages. That resolution of the decision by the Personnel Administrative Reforms Department dated 18.6.1993 was partly modified by issuance of resolution dated 10.5.2005 wherein the only cut-off date was changed from 1.8.1985 to 11.12.1990. Thus from the bare reading of the resolution dated 10.5.2005 relevant portion whereof is quoted hereinbelow:- ^^dkfeZd ,oa iz'kklfud lq/kkj foHkkx ds ladYi la0 5940 fn0 18-6-1993 ds rgr ;g fu.kZ; fy;k x;k Fkk fd nSfud ikfjJfed ds vk/kkj ij 1-8-85 ds ckn dh x;h vfu;fer fu;qfDr;ksa dks jn~n dj fn;k tk; vkSj dV vkWQ MsV 1-8-1985 gksxk vFkkZr oSls nSfud osruHkkxh deZpkjh tks 1-8-1985 ls iwoZ de ls de 240 fnuksa ls dk;Zjr gS mugsaa vU; ifjfLFkfr;ksa leku jgus ij fu;qfDr esa vf/kekurk nsus ij fopkj fd;k tk;A 2- jkT; ljdkj ,oa fofHkUu deZpkjh la?kksa ds lkFk fn0 21- 1-2005 dks gqbZ lgefr ds vkyksd esa fuEukafdr foUnqvks a ij dkjZokbZ ljdkj ds fopkjk/khu FkkA (i) mDr ladYi ds rgr 1-8-1985 ds ckn nSfud etnwjh ij fu;qDr dfeZ;ksa dh lsok lekIr dj nsus dk fu.kZ; fy;k x;k Fkk] vr% mDr dV&vkWQ&MsV dks 1-8-1985 ls c<+kdj 11-12-1990 fd;k tkukA (ii)ladYi esa fn0 1-8-1985 ds iwoZ 240 fnukas dh lsok iwjk Patna High Court CWJC No.3237 of 2013 (2) dt.20-02-2013 4 djusokys nSfud osruHkkxh dfeZ;ksa dks vU; ifjfLFkfr;ksa leku jgus ij fu;qfDr esa vf/kekurk nsus dk izko/kku fd;k x;k gS vr% mDr izko/kkuksa ds rgr muds lek;kstu esa vk jgh dfBukbZ ij fopkj djus gsrq lfpoksa dh ,d lfefr cukukA (iii) mDr ladYi ds vkyksd esa fn0 11-12-1990 rd fu;qDr ,sls nSfud osruHkkxh dehZ ftUgas vxLr 1993 ds ckn gVk fn;k x;k Fkk] ds ekeys ij mDr lfefr }kjk fopkj fd;k tkukA 3- mi;qZDr foUnqvksa ij lE;d:is.k fopkjksijkUr jkT; ljdkj ;us fuEukafdr fu.kZ; fy;k gS& (i) jkT; ljdkj ds foHkkxksa@dk;kZy;ksa esa dk;Zjr nSfud osruHkkxh dehZ ds laca/k esa dkfeZd ,oa iz'kklfud lq/kkj foHkkx ds ladYi la0 5940 fn0 18-6-93 esa fufgr dV&vkWQ&MsV 1-8-1985 ls c<+kdj 11-12-1990 fd;k tk;A (ii) jkT; ljdkj ds foHkkxksa@dk;kZy;ksa esa dk;Zjr ,sls nSfud osruHkksxh dfeZ;ksa ds ljdkjh lsok esa lek;kstu esa gks jgh dfBukbZ dks nwj djus gsrq ;kstuk cukus ds fy, fuEu izdkj ls lfpoksa dh ,d lfefr xfBr dh tkrh gS& ¼d½ foRr vk;qDr] fcgkj] iVukA ¼[k½ vk;qDr ,oa lfpo] ty llka/ku foHkkx] fcgkj] iVukA ¼x½ vk;qDr ,oa lfpo] Je fu;kstu ,oa izf'k{k.k foHkkx] fcgkj] iVukA ¼?k½ lfpo] fof/k foHkkx] fcgkj] iVukA ¼M+½ lfpo] dkfeZd ,oa iz'kklfud lq/kkj foHkkx] fcgkj] iVukA mijksDr lfefr dh v/;{krk lfefr ds lnL;ksa esa ls ojh;re inkf/kdkjh }kjk dh tk;sxh rFkk lfpo dkfeZd ,oa iz'kklfud lq/kkj foHkkx lfefr ds la;kstu jgasxsA (iii)lfefr mi;qZDr ;kstuk ds vfrfjDr fnukad 11-12-90 rd fu;qDr ,als nSfud osruHkksxh dehZ] ftUgs dkfeZd ,oa iz'kklfud lq/kkj foHkkx ds ladYi ds vkyksd es a vxLr 1993 ds ckn gVk fn;k x;k gS] ds ekeys ij Hkh fopkj djsaxhA (iv) lfefr viuk izfrosnu rhu ekg ds vUnj nsxhA 4- ladYi la0 5940 fnukad 18-6-93 rnuqlkj la'kksf/kr le>k Patna High Court CWJC No.3237 of 2013 (2) dt.20-02-2013 5 tk;sxkA** it would be clear that there was no such scheme of regularization for the persons like the petitioners whose services were utilized of and on as per the requirement of Seasonal Amin. In fact, if the aforesaid scheme of the Government dated 18.6.1993 and its modification dated 10.5.2005 is understood in a correct manner, all that the same envisages is that every thing being equal, the daily wages employees continuing in service till 11.12.1990 shall be given weightage at the time of regular appointment. It nowhere envisages the straightway regularization of Seasonal Amin. In view of the above, this Court does not find any merit in this application and the same is accordingly dismissed. The dismissal of this writ application, however, will not come in the way of the petitioner to claim the benefit of weightage as per the government resolution dated 10.5.2005 as and when the post of Amin is advertised for regular appointment in Sone Canal Division, Ara. (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.) KKSINHA/-