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1 ALOK SHARMA Digitally signed by ALOK SHARMA Date: 2025.08.14 12:04:28 +0530 2025:CGHC:30524 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6428 of 2025 1 - Devnarayan Ram S/o Nanikaram Aged About 52 Years Chowkidar (Collector Rate) Posted At Office Of Chief Conservator Of Forest Durg Circle, Department Of Forest, Distrtict - Durg (C.G.), R/o Van Parisar Civil Line Ward No.-48, Durg, Tahsil And District - Durg (C.G.) --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Forest, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District - Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Principal Chief Conservator Of Forest Department Of Forest, Head Quarter, Jail Road, Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Additional Principle Chief Conservator Of Forest (A.D.M./ Non-Gazetted) Department Of Forest, Head Quarter, Jail Road, Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Chief Conservator Of Forest Circle Durg, Department Of Forest, District - Durg (C.G.) 5 - Divisional Forest Officer Durg, Department Of Forest, District - Durg (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 6412 of 2025 1 - Pushpendra Singh Bais S/o Late Madhusudan Bais Aged About 43 Years Chowkidar (Collector Rate) Posted At Office Of Divisional Forest Officer Durg, 2 Department Of Forest District- Durg (C.G.) R/o Village Donditarai Ward No. 05 Tahsil Saja District Bemetara C.G. ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Forest, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar New Raipur District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Principal Chief Conservator Of Forest Department Of Forest Head Quarter Jail Road Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Additional Principle Chief Conservator Of Forest (Adm/non-Gazetted) Department Of Forest Head Quarter Jail Road Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Chief Conservator Of Forest Circle Durg Department Of Forest District- Durg (C.G.) 5 - Divisional Forest Officer Durg Department Of Forest District Durg (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. F. S. Khare, Advocate. For Respondent(s)
Legal Reasoning
: Mr. Kanwaljeet Singh Saini, Panel Lawyer and Mr. Khulesh Sahu, Panel Lawyer. Hon’ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J Order on Board 04/07/2025 1. Since common issue is involved in these writ petitions, as such, they
Decision
are being heard together and disposed of by this common order. For convenience, WPS No. 6428/2025 will be treated as leading case. 2. Facts of the case in brief are that, advertisement (Annexure-P/1) was issued by respondent No.4 in the year 2008 for filling up vacant posts of 'Choukidar' on Collector Rate, by direct recruitment through written examination and interview. In pursuance of Annexure-P/1, the 3 petitioners applied for the same and after completion of due examination process, they were appointed on the said post of 'Choukidar' in the year 2008 itself. After joining, the petitioner was posted in Durg Circle/range and other petitioners were posted in Durg Circle/range. Service book of the petitioners were A also prepared by the respondent department. Even after appointment of the petitioners, posts of 'Choukidar' are still vacant in the respondent/department. P/4 In pursuance of Circular dated 10.5.1984 (Annexure-P/4), the petitioners are entitled to regularization on their post and also to get revised pay scale, as they have completed more than 16-17 years of service. Despite that, they have neither been regularized on the said post, nor granted revised pay scale. Therefore, the petitioners have filed instant writ petitions seeking following relief(s), which are similar in all the writ petitions:- 10.1 That this Hon'ble court may kindly be pleased to allow the writ petition and be pleased to direct the respondents to grant the benefit of regularization and revise pay scale to petitioner after 3 years from his date of appointment as per circular dated 10.05.1984. 10.2 That, the Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to dispose of the instant writ petition as the identical issue has already been considered and decided in identical writ petitions. i.e. W.P.S. No. 3405/2019, W.P.S. No. 6090/2019 & 6188/2019 vide order order dated 02.05.2025 (P/6) directing the respondents to consider the case of petitioner in light of circular dated 10.05.1984 (P/4). 4 10.3 This Hon'ble court may kindly be call for the records for its kind perusal which relates to petitioner's matter. 10.4 Any other relief, which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper, may also be passed in favour of the petitioner. An affidavit is filed herewith in support of this petition. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners were appointed on the basis of advertisement (Annexure-P/1) issued by respondent No.4, after going through examination process against vacant posts. Thereafter, they have been completed their services for more than 16-17 years, despite that they have not been regularized on the said posts. P/4 Whereas, as per the Circular dated 10.5.1984 (Annexure-P/4), contingency and work charged employees, who were appointed by the District Level Selection Committee, were required to be granted revised pay scale after completion of three years treating them as temporary members. This criteria has already been fulfilled by the petitioners, despite that, their services have not been regularized and revised pay has also not been granted to them. Referring to the case of Jaggo vs. Union of India & Ors. arising out of SLP (C) No.5580/2024, learned counsel submits that Hon'ble Apex Court has held that under the garb of judgment rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Secretary, State of Karnataka vs. Uma Devi (2006) 4 SCC 1, after long lapse of time, the State cannot deny regularization after serving long period by the employee. Learned counsel also referring to WPS No.6234/2023 (Neelima Yadav & Ors. vs. Union of India & others) and other batch of writ petitions decided by Coordinate Bench vide Order dated 19.02.2025, would submit that 5 in aforesaid writ petitions, the petitioners/employees were also not regularized even after working for quite long time of more than 10 years, therefore, the learned Coordinate Bench has directed to consider the case of the petitioners for regularization. Lastly, learned counsel would submit that case of the petitioners is much better than the case of the petitioners in aforecited cases, as the petitioners of the instant cases are appointed against vacant posts, that too, after due process of examination, therefore, he prayed that relief sought for may be granted to the petitioners. 4. The respondent/State has filed its reply stating inter alia that appointment of the petitioners was on Collector Rate basis and they were not appointed against any sanctioned post under Work Charged or Contingency Paid Establishment. There is no rule or provision for their promotion to Class-IV category, therefore, they are not entitled to get regular pay scale in terms of Circular dated 10.5.1984 (Annexure- P/4). Learned counsel for the State referring to its reply would submit that, though the petitioners have worked for more than 11 years with respondent department, but, as per Circular dated P14 10.5.1984 (Annexure-P/4), only those employees can be granted regular pay. who have worked under Work Charged and Contingency Paid Establishment. Since, the petitioners were appointed on the Collector Rate basis, therefore, 8/4 their case is not covered under Circular dated 10.5.1984 (Annexure-P/4), as they do not fulfill criteria laid down in the Circular dated 10.5.1984 (Annexure-P/4), therefore, they are not entitled to get the relief sought for by them. Learned counsel further submits that in the light of judgment rendered by the Apex Court in the case of Uma Devi (Supra), the State Government has taken a policy 6 5. 6. decision and as one time measure, daily wager/adhoc employees, who were appointed prior to 31.12.1997, have been regularized vide Circular dated 05.3.2008. The petitioners of the instant petitions, do not fulfill aforesaid criteria, therefore, their services cannot be regularized, hence, the petitions are liable to be dismissed. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. Perusal of the record shows that appointment of the petitioners have been made against vacant posts after due selection process. As per advertisement (Annexure-P/1), written examination and interview of the candidates were conducted and thereafter vide Order dated 06.8.2008 (Annexure-P/2) of respondent No.4/Divisional Forest Officer, the petitioners were appointed. 7. During the course of submission, when specific question was posed to learned Counsel for the State that under which rule appointment of the petitioners will govern, then he submits that, their appointment shall be governed under the 'Chhattisgarh Workcharged and Contingency paid employee Recruitment and Service Rules 1975' (for short 'the Rules 1975'). 8. As per Clause 2(a) of the Rules 1975, 'Contingency Paid employee' has been defined as under:- (a) "Contingency Paid employee" means a Person employed for full time in an office or establishment and who is paid on monthly basis and whose pay is charged to office contingencies excluding the employees who are employees for certain period only in a year. 9. With regard to recruitment and grant of revised pay scale to the work charged contingencies paid employees, General Administration 7 Department, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh (Now State of Chhattisgarh) had issued Circular P14 dated 10.5.1984 (Annexure-P/4), which reads as under:- मध्य्ቚदे(cid:6)श श(cid:8)सन सा(cid:2)मा(cid:2)न्य ्ቚशा(cid:2)सान वि(cid:10)भा(cid:2)ग ( वे(cid:6)तन आय(cid:14)ग ्ቚको(cid:14)्) ्ቅमा(cid:2)(cid:14)क 192/1/(cid:10)(cid:16)आ्ቚ/84 भा(cid:18)पा(cid:2)ल, दि(cid:22)न(cid:2)(cid:14)क 10 माई, 84 ्ቚतित, श(cid:8)सन को(cid:6) समस्त तिवेभा(cid:8)ग, अध्य्ቌ, रा(cid:8)जस्वे म(cid:25)डल म.्ቚ. ग्वे(cid:8)लिलयरा, समस्त स(cid:25)भा(cid:8)ग(cid:30)य आय(cid:31)क्त, समस्त तिवेभा(cid:8)ग(cid:8)ध्य्ቌ, समस्त जिजल(cid:8)ध्य्ቌ, मध्य्ቚदे(cid:6)श। वि(cid:10)षय(cid:25)- को(cid:8)य#भा(cid:8)रिरात एवे(cid:25) आकोቦኌस्मकोत(cid:8) तिनधि( स(cid:6) वे(cid:6)तन पा(cid:8)न(cid:6) वे(cid:8)ल(cid:6) कोम#चा(cid:8)रिराय+ को(cid:14) भारात(cid:30) को(cid:6) स(cid:25)बं(cid:25)( म- तथा(cid:8) पा(cid:31)नरा(cid:30)ቌኌ्ቌत वे(cid:6)तनम(cid:8)न दिदेय(cid:6) ज(cid:8)न(cid:6) को(cid:6) स(cid:25)बं(cid:25)( म-। सा(cid:14)(cid:22)भा(cid:26):- अस(cid:8)((cid:8)राण रा(cid:8)जपा्ቔ दिदेन(cid:8)(cid:25)को 14.10.82 स(cid:8)म(cid:8)न्य ्ቚश(cid:8)सन तिवेभा(cid:8)ग स(cid:25)कोल्पा ्ቅ. 449/1/वे(cid:6)आ्ቚ/82. दिदेन(cid:8)(cid:25)को 13.10.82 पा6् ्ቅ. 2136 एवे(cid:25) 2137 श(cid:8)सन ቛኋ(cid:8)रा(cid:8) चा8(रा(cid:30) वे(cid:6)तन आय(cid:14)ग को9 अन(cid:31)श(cid:25)स(cid:8) पारा को(cid:8)य#भा(cid:8)रिरात एवे(cid:25) आकोቦኌस्मकोत(cid:8) तिनधि( स(cid:6) वे(cid:6)तन पा(cid:8)न(cid:6) वे(cid:8)ल(cid:6) कोम#चा(cid:8)रिराय+ को(cid:14) तिनयधिमत वे(cid:6)तनम(cid:8)न दे(cid:6)न(cid:6) को(cid:6) स(cid:25)बं(cid:25)( म- छा(cid:8)नबं(cid:30)न को(cid:8) को(cid:8)य# एको रा(cid:8)ज्य स्तरा(cid:30)य सधिमतित को(cid:14) स<पा(cid:8) गय(cid:8) था(cid:8)। श(cid:8)सन न(cid:6) इस सधिमतित को9 अन(cid:31)श(cid:25)स(cid:8) पारा को(cid:8)य#भा(cid:8)रिरात एवे(cid:25) आकोቦኌस्मकोत(cid:8) तिनधि( स(cid:6) वे(cid:6)तन ्ቚ(cid:8)प्त कोरान(cid:6) वे(cid:8)ल(cid:6) कोम#चा(cid:8)रिराय+ को(cid:14) नय(cid:6) पा(cid:31)नरा(cid:30)ቌኌ्ቌत वे(cid:6)तनम(cid:8)न दे(cid:6)न(cid:6) को(cid:6) लिलय(cid:6) तिन((cid:8)#रिरात श?्ቌቌኌणको य(cid:14)ग्यत(cid:8), अन(cid:31)भावे एवे(cid:25) अन्य शत@ तिनम्न(cid:8)न(cid:31)स(cid:8)रा तिन((cid:8)#रिरात तिकोय(cid:6) ज(cid:8)न(cid:6) को(cid:8) तिनण#य लिलय(cid:8) ैሼ?C- 1. इस स(cid:6)वे(cid:8) को(cid:6) ቝኋ(cid:8)य(cid:30) कोम#चा(cid:8)रिराय+ को(cid:14) दिदेन(cid:8)(cid:25)को 01.04.1982 स(cid:6) पारिरालिश्ቖ- एको को(cid:6) अन(cid:31)स(cid:8)रा वे(cid:6)तनम(cid:8)न स्वे(cid:30)को6 त तिकोय(cid:6) ज(cid:8)य(cid:6)। 2. को(cid:8)य#भा(cid:8)रिरात एवे(cid:25) आकोቦኌस्मकोत(cid:8) स(cid:6) वे(cid:6)तन पा(cid:8)न(cid:6) ऐस(cid:6) कोम#चा(cid:8)रा(cid:30) ज(cid:14) दिदेन(cid:8)(cid:25)को 01. 01.1981 को(cid:14) स(cid:6)वे(cid:8) म- था(cid:6) तिकोन्त(cid:31) जिजन्ैሼ+न(cid:6) उक्त तितलिथा को(cid:14) न त(cid:14) ቝኋ(cid:8)य(cid:30) कोम#चा(cid:8)रिराय+ को9 ्ቚ(cid:8)ቝኌቝኋतित ्ቚ(cid:8)प्त को9 था(cid:30) 8 औरा न ैሼ(cid:30) अቝኋ(cid:8)ई कोम#चा(cid:8)रिराय+ को9 ቝኌቝኋतित ्ቚ(cid:8)प्त को9 था(cid:30) उनको(cid:6) म(cid:8)मल(cid:6) म- ऐस(cid:6) कोम#चा(cid:8)रा(cid:30) ्ቚ(cid:8)रा(cid:25)भा को(cid:6) पा(cid:8)(cid:25)चा वे्ቧ# तको स(cid:6)वे(cid:8) को(cid:6) सदेस्य नैሼL राैሼ-ग(cid:6)। ्ቚ(cid:8)रा(cid:25)भा को(cid:6) पा(cid:8)(cid:25)चा वे्ቧ# को(cid:6) पाቐኋ(cid:8)तN य(cid:6) कोम#चा(cid:8)रा(cid:30) अቝኋ(cid:8)ई सदेस्य+ को9 ्ቚ(cid:8)ቝኌቝኋतित को(cid:6) पा(cid:8)्ቔ ैሼ+ग(cid:6) औरा पा(cid:31)नC पा(cid:8)(cid:25)चा वे्ቧ# तको अቝኋ(cid:8)ई स(cid:6)वे(cid:8) पाOरा(cid:30) कोरान(cid:6) को(cid:6) बं(cid:8)दे वे(cid:6) स(cid:6)वे(cid:8) को(cid:6) ቝኋ(cid:8)ई सदेस्य को9 ቝኌቝኋतित को(cid:6) पा(cid:8)्ቔ ैሼ+ग(cid:6)। 3. दिदेन(cid:8)(cid:25)को 01.01.1981 को9 ቝኌቝኋतित म- जिजन कोम#चा(cid:8)रिराय+ न(cid:6) ቝኋ(cid:8)ई ቝኌቝኋतित ्ቚ(cid:8)प्त नैሼL को9 था(cid:30) तिकोन्त(cid:31) स(cid:6)वे(cid:8) को(cid:6) अቝኋ(cid:8)ई सदेस्य को9 ्ቚ(cid:8)ቝኌቝኋतित ्ቚ(cid:8)प्त कोरा ल(cid:30) था(cid:30) यदिदे य(cid:6) तिन((cid:8)#रिरात श?्ቌቌኌणको य(cid:14)ग्यत(cid:8) एवे(cid:25) आवेश्यको अैሼ#त(cid:8)य- पारिरालिश्ቖ दे(cid:14) को(cid:6) अन(cid:31)स(cid:8)रा राखत(cid:6) ैሼ+ त(cid:14) उन्ैሼ- भा(cid:30) पा(cid:31)नरा(cid:30)ቌኌ्ቌत वे(cid:6)तनम(cid:8)न+ को(cid:8) ल(cid:8)भा दिदेय(cid:8) ज(cid:8)य। इस(cid:30) ቦኔ(cid:6)ण(cid:30) को(cid:6) ऐस(cid:6) कोम#चा(cid:8)रा(cid:30), ज(cid:14) तिन((cid:8)#रिरात श?्ቌቌኌणको य(cid:14)ग्यत(cid:8) नैሼL राखत(cid:6), को(cid:14) जबं तको वे(cid:6) स(cid:6)वे(cid:8) को(cid:6) ቝኋ(cid:8)ई सदेस्य नैሼL बंनत(cid:6) उन्ैሼ- वेत#म(cid:8)न ्ቤवेቝኋ(cid:8) को(cid:6) अन(cid:31)स(cid:8)रा वे(cid:6)तन एवे(cid:25) भाቈኔ(cid:6) आदिदे ्ቚ(cid:8)प्त ैሼ(cid:14)त(cid:6) राैሼ-ग(cid:6)। 4. भातिवेष्य म- इस स(cid:6)वे(cid:8) को(cid:6) कोम#चा(cid:8)रिराय+ को(cid:14) भारात(cid:30) जिजल(cid:8) स्तरा चायन सधिमतित ቛኋ(cid:8)रा(cid:8) को9 ज(cid:8)य। जिजल(cid:8) स्तरा चायन सधिमतित को(cid:8) अध्य्ቌ, कोल(cid:6)क्टरा य(cid:8) उसको(cid:6) ቛኋ(cid:8)रा(cid:8) मन(cid:14)न(cid:30)त वेरिरा् तिडप्टW कोल(cid:6)क्टरा, तथा(cid:8) जिजल(cid:8) रा(cid:14)जग(cid:8)रा अधि(को(cid:8)रा(cid:30) उसको(cid:8) सलिचावे ैሼ(cid:14)ग(cid:8) यैሼ सधिमतित िሺसYचा(cid:8)ई तिवेभा(cid:8)ग, ल(cid:14)को तिनम(cid:8)#ण तिवेभा(cid:8)ग एवे(cid:25) ल(cid:14)को स्वे(cid:8)ቝኚय य(cid:8)(cid:25)ति्ቔको9 तिवेभा(cid:8)ग+ को(cid:6) को(cid:8)य#पा(cid:8)लन इ(cid:25)ज(cid:30)तिनयरा+ को(cid:14) सदेस्य बंन(cid:8)कोरा औरा यदिदे आवेश्यको ैሼ(cid:14) त(cid:14) अन्य तिवेभा(cid:8)ग+ स(cid:6) कोल(cid:6)क्टरा ቛኋ(cid:8)रा(cid:8) तिकोस(cid:30) एको सदेस्य को(cid:14) सैሼय(cid:14)जिजत कोरा गदि[त को9 ज(cid:8)न(cid:30) चा(cid:8)तिैሼय(cid:6) इस सधिमतित म- दे(cid:14) अश(cid:8)सको9य ्ቤቝኌक्त जिजनको(cid:8) न(cid:8)म(cid:8)(cid:25)कोन रा(cid:8)ज्य श(cid:8)सन कोरा(cid:6)ग(cid:8) भा(cid:30) सदेस्य ैሼ+ग(cid:6)। आदिदेवे(cid:8)स(cid:30) जिजल+ म- जिजल(cid:8) स(cid:25)य(cid:14)जको आदिदेम ज(cid:8)तित कोल्य(cid:8)ण को(cid:14) सदेस्य बंन(cid:8)न(cid:8) ज(cid:8)न(cid:8) चा(cid:8)तिैሼय(cid:6) अन्य जिजल+ स(cid:6) ैሼरिराजन+ को(cid:6) तिैሼत+ को9 दे(cid:6)खभा(cid:8)ल कोरान(cid:6) वे(cid:8)ल(cid:6) अधि(को(cid:8)रा(cid:30) को(cid:14) सधिमतित को(cid:8) सदेस्य बंन(cid:8)य(cid:8) ज(cid:8)न(cid:8) चा(cid:8)तिैሼय(cid:6)। 5. इस चायन सधिमतित को(cid:14) ्ቚत्य(cid:6)को वे्ቧ# को(cid:8)य#भा(cid:8)रिरात तथा(cid:8) आकोቦኌस्मकोत(cid:8) वे(cid:6)तन भा(cid:14)ग(cid:30) तिनय(cid:14)जन स(cid:25)बं(cid:25)((cid:30) आवेश्यकोत(cid:8)ओं को(cid:8) तिन((cid:8)#राण कोरान(cid:8) चा(cid:8)तिैሼय(cid:6) औरा लिलखिखत अैሼ#को(cid:8)रा(cid:30) पारा(cid:30)्ቌ(cid:8) तथा(cid:8) सम्ቌ भा(cid:6)ट आय(cid:14)जिजत कोरान(cid:30) चा(cid:8)तिैሼय(cid:6) औरा उम्म(cid:30)देवे(cid:8)रा+ को9 एको चायन सOचा(cid:30) त?य(cid:8)रा कोरान(cid:30) चा(cid:8)तिैሼय(cid:6) तथा(cid:8) उस(cid:30) म- स(cid:6) को(cid:8)य#भा(cid:8)रिरात औरा आकोरिरानकोत(cid:8) वे(cid:6)तन भा(cid:14)ग(cid:30) एवे(cid:25) दे?तिनको वे(cid:6)तन भा(cid:14)ग(cid:30) तिनय(cid:14)जन को(cid:6) लिलय(cid:6) तिनय(cid:31)ቝኌक्तय(cid:8)(cid:25) को9 ज(cid:8)न(cid:30) चा(cid:8)तिैሼय(cid:6)। 6. इस स(cid:6)वे(cid:8) म- कोम#चा(cid:8)रिराय+ को9 भारात(cid:30) ्ቚथाम त(cid:30)न स(cid:8)ल तको कोल(cid:6)क्टरा ቛኋ(cid:8)रा(cid:8) तिनቌኌቐኋत वे(cid:6)तन एवे(cid:25) उसको(cid:6) पाቐኋ(cid:8)तN अቝኋ(cid:8)य(cid:30) सदेस्य म(cid:8)नकोरा पारिरालिश्ቖ एको को(cid:6) अन(cid:31)स(cid:8)रा पा(cid:31)नरा(cid:30)ቌኌ्ቌत वे(cid:6)तनम(cid:8)न म- को9 ज(cid:8)य(cid:6)ग(cid:30)। पाOवे# म- तिनय(cid:31)क्त ऐस(cid:6) कोम#चा(cid:8)रा(cid:30) ज(cid:14) पारिरालिश्ቖ दे(cid:14) म- देW गई अैሼ#त(cid:8) राखत(cid:6) ैሼ+, उन्ैሼ- जिजल(cid:8) 9 स्तरा(cid:30)य चायन सधिमतित को(cid:6) सम्ቌ उपाቝኌቝኋत ैሼ(cid:14)न(cid:8) पा़ቩ(cid:6)ग(cid:8) तिकोन्त(cid:31) चायन ैሼ(cid:14)न(cid:6) पारा उन्ैሼ- स(cid:6)वे(cid:8) म- आन(cid:6) को9 ቝኌቝኋतित स(cid:6) 3 वे्ቧ# पाቐኋ(cid:8)तN स(cid:6)वे(cid:8) को(cid:8) सदेस्य म(cid:8)न(cid:8) ज(cid:8)वे(cid:6)ग(cid:8)। 7. भातिवेष्य म- तिनय(cid:31)क्त ैሼ(cid:14)न(cid:6) वे(cid:8)ल(cid:6) कोम#चा(cid:8)रिराय+ को(cid:14) पा(cid:31)नरा(cid:30)ቌኌ्ቌत वे(cid:6)तनम(cid:8)न दे(cid:6)न(cid:6) को(cid:6) लिलय(cid:6) तिन((cid:8)#रिरात श?्ቌቌኌणको य(cid:14)ग्यत(cid:8) अन(cid:31)भावे एवे(cid:25) अन्य शत@ पारिरालिश्ቖ दे(cid:14) को(cid:6) अन(cid:31)स(cid:8)रा राख(cid:30) ज(cid:8)य। 8. स(cid:8)म(cid:8)न्य ्ቚश(cid:8)सन तिवेभा(cid:8)ग ቛኋ(cid:8)रा(cid:8) ज(cid:14) आदेश# भारात(cid:30) तिनयम स(cid:25)बं(cid:25)धि(त तिवेभा(cid:8)ग+ को(cid:14) भा(cid:6)ज(cid:6) गय(cid:6) था(cid:6) उनम- आवेश्यको स(cid:25)श(cid:14)(न कोरा अलग स(cid:6) भा(cid:6)ज(cid:6) ज(cid:8) राैሼ- ैሼ‘ त(cid:8)तिको तिवेभा(cid:8)ग उनको(cid:6) आ((cid:8)रा पारा आवेश्यको स(cid:25)श(cid:14)(न अपान(cid:6) तिनयम+ म- कोरा सको- । 9. इस स(cid:6)वे(cid:8) को(cid:6) कोम#चा(cid:8)रिराय+ को(cid:6) वे(cid:6)तन पा(cid:31)नरा(cid:30)्ቌण तिनयम तिवेቈኔ तिवेभा(cid:8)ग को9 अधि(सOचान(cid:8) ्ቅम(cid:8)(cid:25)को 525-4323-83 तिनयम-1-चा(cid:8)रा, दिदेन(cid:8)(cid:25)को 3 म(cid:8)चा#, 1984 ቛኋ(cid:8)रा(cid:8) ्ቚस(cid:8)रिरात तिकोय(cid:6) गय(cid:6) ैሼ‘। ज(cid:14) दिदेन(cid:8)(cid:25)को 3 म(cid:8)चा#, 1984 को(cid:6) अस(cid:8)((cid:8)राण रा(cid:8)जपा्ቔ म- ्ቚको(cid:8)लिशत तिकोय(cid:6) गय(cid:6) तथा(cid:8) तिवेቈኔ तिवेभा(cid:8)ग को(cid:6) ሺኋ(cid:8)पान ्ቅम(cid:8)(cid:25)को 599/724/तिन-1/चा(cid:8)रा, दिदेन(cid:8)(cid:25)को 15 म(cid:8)चा#, 1984 म- दिदेय(cid:6) गय(cid:6) तिनदे@श+ को(cid:6) अन(cid:31)स(cid:8)रा पा(cid:31)नरा(cid:30)ቌኌ्ቌत वे(cid:6)तनम(cid:8)न+ म- वे(cid:6)तन तिन((cid:8)#राण को9 को(cid:8)य#वे(cid:8)ैሼ(cid:30) को9 ज(cid:8)य। 10. वेत#म(cid:8)न म- यदिदे इस स(cid:6)वे(cid:8) म- तिनय(cid:31)ቝኌक्त ्ቚदे(cid:8)न को9 गई त(cid:14) उन्ैሼ- उक्त तिनदे@श+ को(cid:6) अन(cid:31)स(cid:8)रा जिजल(cid:8) स्तरा(cid:30)य चायन सधिमतित स(cid:6) तिनयधिमत कोरा(cid:8)य(cid:8) ज(cid:8)य। श(cid:8)सन को(cid:6) उपारा(cid:14)क्त तिनण#य(cid:8)न(cid:31)स(cid:8)रा भातिवेष्य म- इस स(cid:6)वे(cid:8) म- भातb ैሼ(cid:6)त(cid:31) तिन((cid:8)#रिरात को9 गई ्ቚति्ቅय(cid:8) को(cid:8) को़(cid:8)ई स(cid:6) पा(cid:8)लन तिकोय(cid:8) ज(cid:8)य। मध्य्ቚदे(cid:6)श को(cid:6) रा(cid:8)ज्यपा(cid:8)ल को(cid:6) न(cid:8)म स(cid:6) तथा(cid:8) आदे(cid:6)श(cid:8)न(cid:31)स(cid:8)रा ( नन्ैሼ- िሺसYैሼ) ैሼस्त(cid:8) तिवेश(cid:6)्ቧ सलिचावे, स(cid:8)म(cid:8)न्य ्ቚश(cid:8)सन तिवेभा(cid:8)ग ्ቅम(cid:8)(cid:25)को 193/601/वे(cid:6)आ्ቚ/84 भा(cid:14)पा(cid:8)ल, दिदेन(cid:8)(cid:25)को 10 मई 1984 10. Perusal of Clause 5 of the aforesaid circular dated 10.5.1984 P14 (Annexure-P/4) shows that, it also governs daily wager employees apart from work charged and contingency paid employees. As per Clause 8, Rules 1975 is also applicable to daily wager employees as of work charged and contingency paid employee as was conceded by the 10 State counsel. Therefore, contention raised by the State counsel that since appointment of the petitioners were made on Collector Rate basis, as such, Circular dated P14 10.5.1984 (Annexure-P/4) is not applicable to the petitioners, is not sustainable. 11. As per Clause 6 of Circular dated 10.5.1984 (Annexure-P/4), the employees, who have been appointed on Collector Rate, shall be treated as temporary member after completion of three years and would be appointed on revised pay scale. Thus, as per the aforesaid circular, the petitioners, who were appointed on Collector rate, after completion of three years of employment, ought to have been appointed/granted revised pay scale treating them as temporary member of the contingency paid employee and as provided in Clause 2(c) of the Madhya Pradesh (Work-charged and Contingency Paid Employee) Pension Rules, 1979, (for short 'Pension Rules 1979') after completion of 15 years of service, they ought to have been granted the status of permanent employee. Section 2(c) of the Pension Rules, 1979 reads thus:- (c) "Permanent employee" means a contingency Paid employee or a work-charged employee who has completed fifteen years of service or more on or after the 1ª January, 1974. 12. But, in the instant case, even the petitioners have not been granted revised pay scale, which they are otherwise entitled, as per Clause 6 of the P14 Circular dated 10.5.1984 (Annexure-P/4). 13. The petitioners have filed copy of Order dated 20.9.2016 (Annexure- P/12) issued by Department Of Jansampark Office, Raipur order dated 02.09.2021 ( Annexure P/5) whereby Additional Director have granted 11 revised pay scale to the employees appointed on Collector Rate after completion of three years and recommendation made by the Scrutiny Committee on the basis of Circular dated 10.5.1984 (Annexure- P/4) and earlier circulars issued by the Government of MP. Thus, vide aforesaid orders, employees appointed on Collector Rate were granted revised pay scale treating them temporary member of the contingency paid employee by other departments. 14. Case of the petitioners of the instant petitions are found to be much P15 better than the employees, who have been benefited vide Annexure-P/5, as petitioners of instant cases have been appointed after due selection process of written examination and interview, therefore, the respondent authorities ought to have passed similar order as per Annexure P/5 passed by Additional Director, Department of Jansompark Office, Raipur granting benefit to the employees, as provided in Clause 6 of the above circular. And even after completion of 15 years of employment, the petitioners ought to have been granted the status of 'permanent employee', as provided in Madhya Pradesh (now Chhattisgarh) (Work-charged and Contingency Paid Employee) Pension Rules, 1979, but they have been deprived by the respondent authorities from getting such benefit, which is not only illegal, but amounts to exploitation of the poor employees of Class-IV category, which is against the spirit of Constitution and judgments passed by the Apex Court. 15. Judgment rendered by the Apex Court in the case of Uma Devi (Supra) has wrongly been interpreted continuously by the officials of the State Government in the case of regularization of the employees, who are in employment for many years and seek regularization. 12 Judgment rendered by the Apex Court in the case of Uma Devi (Supra) does not intend to penalize employees, who have served many many years fulfilling ongoing and necessary functions of the State or its instrumentalities. The said judgment sought to prevent backdoor entries and illegal appointment that circumvent constitutional requirements. However, where appointments were not illegal but possibly "irregular", and where employees had served continuously against the backdrop of sanctioned functions for a considerable period, the need for a fair and humane resolution becomes paramount. 16. In the case of State of Karnataka and Ors. vs. ML Kesari and Ors. Reported in (2010) 9 SCC 247, the Apex Court while dealing with the issue with regard to regularization, has held as follows:- "5. The decision in State of Karnataka v. Umadevi, (2006) 4 SCC 1 was rendered on 10.04.2006. In that case, a Constitution Bench of this Court held that appointments made without following the due process or the rules relating to appointment did not confer any right on the appointees and courts cannot direct their absorption, regularization or re- engagement nor make their service permanent, and the High Court in exercise of jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution should not ordinarily issue directions for absorption, regularization, or permanent continuance unless the recruitment had been done in a regular manner, in terms of the constitutional scheme; and that the courts must be careful in ensuring that they do not interfere unduly with the economic arrangement of its affairs by the State or its instrumentalities, nor lend themselves to be instruments to facilitate the bypassing of the constitutional and statutory mandates. 13 6. This Court in Umadevi (supra) further held that a temporary, contractual, casual or a daily-wage employee does not have a legal right to be made permanent unless he had been appointed in terms of the relevant rules or in adherence of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution. This Court however made one exception to the above position and the same is extracted below: "53. One aspect needs to be clarified. There may be cases where irregular appointments (not illegal appointments) as explained in S.V. Narayanappa (1967 (1) SCR 128], R.N. Nanjundappa [1972 (1) SCC 409] and B.N. Nagarajan [1979 (4) SCC 507] and referred to in para 15 above, of duly qualified persons in duly sanctioned vacant posts might have been made and the employees have continued to work for ten years or more but without the intervention of orders of the courts or of tribunals. The question of regularization of the services of such employees may have to be considered on merits in the light of the principles settled by this Court in the cases abovereferred to and in the light of this judgment. In that context, the Union of India, the State Governments and their instrumentalities should take steps to regularize as a one-time measure, the services of such irregularly appointed, who have worked for ten years or more in duly sanctioned posts but not under cover of orders of the courts or of tribunals and should further ensure that regular recruitments are undertaken to fill those vacant sanctioned posts that require to be filled up, in cases where temporary employees or daily wagers are being now employed. The process must be set in motion within six months from this date." 14 7. It is evident from the above that there is an exception to the general principles against "regularization" enunciated in Umadevi (supra), if the following conditions are fulfilled: (I) The employee concerned should have worked for 10 years or more in duly sanctioned post without the benefit or protection of the interim order of any court or tribunal. In other words, the State Government or its instrumentality should have employed the employee and continued him in service voluntarily and continuously for more than ten years. (ii) The appointment of such employee should not be illegal, even if irregular. Where the appointments are not made or continued against sanctioned posts or where the persons appointed do not possess the prescribed minimum qualifications, the appointments will be considered to be illegal. But where the person employed possessed the prescribed qualifications and was working against sanctioned posts, but had been selected without undergoing the process of open competitive selection, such appointments are considered to be irregular. 8. Umadevi (supra) casts a duty upon the Government or instrumentality concerned, to take steps to regularize the services of those irregularly appointed employees who had served for more than ten years without the benefit or protection of any interim orders of courts or tribunals, as a one-time measure. Umadevi (supra), directed that such one-time measure must be set in motion within six months from the date of its decision (rendered on 10.4.2006). 9. The term "one-time measure" has to be understood in its proper perspective. This would normally mean that after the decision in Umadevi (supra), each department or each instrumentality should undertake a one-time exercise and prepare a list of all casual, daily-wage or ad hoc employees who have been working for more than ten years without the intervention of courts and tribunals and subject them to a 15 process verification as to whether they are working against vacant posts and possess the requisite qualification for the post and if so, regularize their services." 17. Recently, in the matter of Jaggo (supra), Apex Court has held as under:- 26.While the judgment in Uma Devi (supra) sought to curtail the practice of backdoor entries and ensure appointments adhered to constitutional principles, it is regrettable that its principles are often misinterpreted or misapplied to deny legitimate claims of long-serving employees. This judgment aimed to distinguish between "illegal" and "irregular appointments. It categorically held that employees in irregular appointments, who were engaged in duly sanctioned posts and had served continuously for more than ten years, should be considered for regularization as a one-time measure. However, the laudable intent of the judgment is being subverted when institutions rely on its dicta to indiscriminately reject the claims of employees, even in cases where their appointments are not illegal, but merely lack adherence to procedural formalities. Government departments often cite the judgment in Uma Devi (supra) to argue that no vested right to regularization exists for temporary employees, overlooking the judgment's explicit acknowledgment of cases where regularization is appropriate. This selective application distorts the judgment's spirit and purpose, effectively weaponizing it against employees who have rendered indispensable services over decades. 27. In light of these considerations, in our opinion, it is imperative for government departments to lead by example in providing fair and stable employment. Engaging workers on a temporary basis for extended periods, especially when their roles are integral to the organization's functioning, not only contravenes 16 international labour standards but also exposes the organization to legal challenges and undermines employee morale. By ensuring fair employment practices, government institutions can reduce the burden of unnecessary litigation, promote job security, and uphold the principles of justice and fairness that they are meant to embody. This approach aligns with international standards and sets a positive precedent for the private sector to follow, thereby contributing to the overall betterment of labour practices in the country. 18. Reverting into the facts of the instant case, as has been discussed in the preceding paragraphs that, the service condition of the petitioners shall be governed under Rules 1975 and Pension Rules 1979, which provide provision for granting status of "permanent employee to contingency paid employees. Vide Annexure-P/5, the Additional Director, Jansampark Office, Raipur have granted revised pay scale to the employees appointed on the basis of Collector Rate treating them as temporary member of the contingency paid employees. Case of the present petitioners is much better than the P15 employees benefited vide Annexure P/5, though they are from different department. But they have also got benefited in compliance of P14 circular dated 10.5.1984 (Annexure P/4) and similar circulars issued earlier. But the petitioners, who are Class-IV employees, have been illegally deprived from getting the benefit of Circular dated 10.5.1984 (Annexure-P/4) and Rules 1975 and Pension Rules, 1979. Such lethargic and heedless conduct of the respondent authorities is highly depricatable. 19. In view of the above discussion, I feel inclined to allow all the above three writ petitions filed by the petitioners. Consequently, the writ 17 petitions are allowed. The respondent authorities are directed to consider the case of the petitioners after vrification of their records for grant of revised pay scale, if they found entitled as per Circular dated 10.5.1984 (Annexure-P/8) and their regularization as they have already been completed about 16-17 years in their employment. 20. The writ petitions are allowed to the extent as indicated herein- above. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge Alok