Parsu Ram & Ors. v. State of Uttaranchal & Ors.

Sushil Kum ar S/ o Sri Devan Lal at present working as Kshetra Paricher Ban Haldwani. Haldwani, Prabhag I n East Tarai Range, Dolli

#36. Tara Ram S/ o Sri Kheem Ram At present I n East Tarai Ban working as Chowkidar Prabhag Haldwani, Head Office, Haldwani.

#37. Pravesh Singh Rana S/ o Sri Ram Kishan Rana at present working as Veet Wat cher I n East Tarai Ban Prabhag Haldwani, Jolla Range, Haldwani.

#38. Babu Ram S/ o Sri Puran lat at present working as Night Wat hcher I n East Tarai Ban Brabhag Haldwani, Khat im a Range. 5

#39. Laxm i Dutt S/ o Sri Keshav Dutt at present I n Haldwani Ban working as Chowdidar Prabhag Haldwani, Sarda Range, Haldwani.

#40. Suj an Singh S/ o Sri Baldev Singh at present working as Veet Wat cher I n Haldwani Ban Prabhag Haldwani, Sarda Range, Haldwani.

#41. Pan Singh Goniya S/ o Sri Bhawan Singh at Present working Haldwani Ban Prabhag Haldwani, Nandhor Range, Haldwani. as Veet Watcher I n

#42. Nand Lal, S/ o Sri Mohan Lal at present working as Gat e Keeper I n Haldwani Ban Prabhag Haldwani, Sarada Range, Haldw ani. Yadu Nath Prasad S/ o Sri Lila Ram Verm a

#44. at present working as Guast Guard Haldwani Ban Prabhag Haldwani, Sarada Range, Haldwani. I n Dharam Pal Tam t a S/ o Sri Bhuwan Ram Tam t a at present working as Gat e Keeper I n Haldwani Ban Prabhag Haldwani, Sarada Range, Haldwani.

#48. Lalt a Prasad W/ o Sri Lal Chandra at I n present Haldwani Ban Prabhag Haldwani, Jolla Sal Range, Haldwani. working as Veet Wat cher Karam Singh S/ o Sri Dan Singh at present working as Veet Wat cher I n Haldwani Ban Prabhag Haldwani, Sarada Range, Haldwani. Am ar Singh Gonia S/ o Lachham Singh at present working as Gate keeper I n Haldwani Ban Prabhag Haldwani, Sarada Range, Haldwani. Bhuwan Chandra Joshi S/ o Sri Chinta Mani at present I n Haldwani Ban Prabhag Haldwani, Sarada Range, Haldwani. working as Gate keeper

#50. Prem Singh Mehara S/ o Sri Deva Singh at present working as Dakiya I n Haldwani Ban Prabhag Haldwani, Sarada Range, Haldwani. Janki Devi W/ o Shiv Dut t at present working as Veet Wat cher I n Haldwani Ban Prabhag Range, Haldwani. Haldwani, Nandhor

#51. Nanda Ballabh S/ o Sri Um apati Kandpal at present working Haldwani Ban Prabhag Haldwani, Joll Sal Range, Haldwani. as Veet Watcher I n 6

#52. Dhan Bhadur S/ o Sri Harak Bahadur at present working as Dak Runner I n Kendriya Ban Prabhag Haldwani, Barhani Range, Haldwani.

#53. Mohan Singh Mehta S/ o Sri Daulat Singh at present working as Gate keeper Kendriya Range, Haldwani. i Ban Prabhag Haldwani, Barhani I n

#54. Dharam Singh S/ o Sri Jagat Singh at Present working as Wireless operat or I n Kendriya Ban Prabhag Haldwani, Tanda Range, Haldwani.

#55. Bahadur Dingh S/ o Sri Dhan Singh at present working as Chowkidar I n Kendriya i Ban Sanrakshak Haldwani, Silva Range, Haldwani. - - - - - Pe t i t i o n e r Ve r su s 1- St at e of Ut t aranchal t hrough Forest Secret ary, Governm ent of Ut t aranchal, Dehradun. 2- Principal Chief Conservat or of Forest Kum aon Mandal Ut t aranchal Nainit al. 3- Chief Conservat or of Forest Kum aon Mandal Ut t aranchal Nainit al. 4- Conservat or of Forest West Kum aon Nainit al. 5- Divisional Forest Officer, Kendriya Tarai Ban Prabhag Haldwani Dist rict Nainit al. 6- Divisional Forest Officer, Kendriya Tarai Purvi Ban Prabhag Haldwani Dist rict Nainit al. 7- Divisional Forest Officer, Haldwani Anusandhan Dist rict Nainit al. 8- Conservat or of Forest Anusandhan Haldwani Dist rict Nainit al. - - - - - Re sp o n d e n t s Sri M.C. Kandpal, Advo, learned counsel for pet it ioner. Learned St anding Counsel for respondent s. D a t e d : M a r ch 6 , 2 0 0 6 . H ON ’ BLE RA JESH TA N D ON , J. By t he present writ pet it ion t he pet it ioners have prayed for a writ of m andam us direct ing t he respondent s t o regularize t he services of t he 7 pet it ioners on t heir respect ive post t he forest depart m ent and pay regular salary t o t hem . Briefly st at ed, t he pet it ioners were init ially appoint ed as daily wagers in t he depart m ent of t he respondent s. The det ails are given in Annexure 2 of t he writ pet it ion. The sam e are quot ed below: “ EA ST TA RA I BA N PRA BH A G H A LD W A N I S.N. Nam es Nam e Fat her’s Educat ion Working Present Range Division Nam e Qualificat i Dept t . 01- Parsu Ram Ram Singh Sakshar June 83 Veet Surai Tarai Eas Wat cher’ 02- Babu Lal Shiv Rat an Do Do Chowkidar Barakoli Do 03- Surresh Ram esh 9 t h 1986 Veet Do Do Chandra Chandra Wat cher 04- Zaheerool Hasan Jaidi I nt er 1990 Gat e Khat im a Do Janool Keeper 05- Pappu Veg Ham id Veg 8 t h 1992 Truck Head Do Cleaner Office 06- Chunni Lal Bihari Lal Saksar Do Veet Surai Do Wat cher 07- Ram Murt hi Salik Ram Do July 94 Gat e Do Do 08- Bhupal Singh Hayat I nt er Singh 20- 1- 1995 Keeper Do Do Do 09- Rekha Rani Manoj Saksar March Sweeper Do Do 10- Chunni Lal Girdhari Lal Do Kum ar 95 Do Veet Do Do Wat cher 11- Mangal Sen Jham yyan Do 1995 Gat e Khat im a Do Lal Keeper 12- Riyaz Ahm ad Allaudin Do Do Veet Khat im a Do 13- Ram Prakash Ram Swaroop 14- Bharat Singh Babu Ram 15- Navi Ahm ad Banke 5 t h 8 t h 5 t h Wat cher Do Gat e Khat im a Do Do Do Keeper Do Veet Wat cher Do Do Khat im a Do 8 16- At iq Hussain Like 8 t h Do Do Do Do Hussain 17- Kam la Devi Sravan Saksar Nov.95 Mali Barakoli Do 18 Trilok Ram Madho Ram 8 t h 1995 Ropan Gola1 Do Kum ar Rakshak 19- Dyal Singh Kalu Singh Niraksar 1995 Night Dolli Do Wat cher 20- At m a Singh Gurudeep Do 1996 Veet Barakoli Do Singh Wat cher 21- Awt ar Singh Duggan Niraksar 1996 Veet Do Do Singh Wat cher 22- Balli Yadav Nageshwar Do 1996 Do Do Do 23- Mahesh Kum ar Gadan Lal Saksar 1996 Wireless Do Do 24- Mahipal Singh Sukhpal 10 t h 1996 Veet Surai Do Sinhg 25- Ganga Ram preet i Saksar 1996 26- Shankar Shankar Do Do Wat cher Do Do Do Do Do Shram ik 27- Sat pal Beerbal Baldev Prasad Do Do Do Do Do 28- Ram Darash Kedar pal Do Do Gat e Khat im a Do Keeper 29- Savit ri Devi Kharak Do Do Mali Do Do 30- Badam Singh Shayam Lal 8 t h Do Court Do Do Singh Sahayak 31- Singh Rana Keshav Do 1/ 5/ 97 Veet Jola Sal Do Singh Rana Wat cher 32- Prem a Pandey Madan I nt er 1- 3- 97 Do Golla Do 33- Jaspal Singh Bhaj an 8 t h 1- 7- 97 Do Jolla Sal Do Mohan Singh 34- Munish Singh Ram Kisan 9 t h 21- 1- 97 Gat e Kilpura Do 35- Sushil Kum ar Devan Lal 7 t h 1997 Kshet ra Dolli Do Rana Keeper 36- Tara Ram Kheem Ram 8 t h 1- 1- 98 Chowkidar H Office Do 37- Pravesh Singh Ram Kisan 9 t h 1- 3- 98 Veet Jolla Sal Do 38- Babu Ram Pural Lal 8 t h 1999 Night Khat im a Do Rana Wat cher Parichar Wat cher 9 HALDWANI BAN PRABHAG 39- Laxm i Dut t Kesav Dut t 40- Suj an Singh Baldev 5 t h 5 t h 1974 Chowkidaw Sarda Pr. Haldwani 1980 Veet Do Do Wat cher 41- Pan Singh Bhawan Singh 9 t h 1- 12- 86 Do Nandbor Do 42- Nand Lal Mohan Lal I nt er 1- 7- 89 Gat e Sarda Do 43- Yadu Nat h Lila Ram 10 t h 1/ 10/ 89 Gust Guard Do Do Keeper Verm a 44- Dharam Pal Bhuwan Ram I nt er 1- 2- 90 Gat e Keeper Do Do Tam t a 45- Lalt a Prasad Lal Chandra Saksar 1990 Veet Jollasal Do Wat cher 46- Karam Singh Dan Singh 7 t h 1- 1- 95 Do Sarda 47- Am ar Singh Lachham I nt er 1- 12- 95 Gat e Do Singh Keeper 48- Bhuwan Joshi Chint a Mani 49- Prem Singh Dev Singh 9 t h 8t h 1- 5- 96 Do 1- 1- 98 Dakiya Do Do Do Do Do Do 50- Janki Devi Shiv Dut t Saksar 1998 Veet Nadhor Do Wat cher 51- Nanda ballabh Um apat i Do 1999 Do Jolasal Do Kandpal TARAI KENDRIYA BAN PRABHAG 52- Dhan Bhadur Harak Niraksak 1996 Dak Runner Barahani Ken Bahadur 53- Mohan Singh Daulat 8 t h 1972 Gat e Singh Keeper Tarai 54- Dharam Singh Jagat Singh Do 1972 W Operat or Tanda BAN SANRAKSAK ANUSANDHAN HALDWANI 55- Bahadur Dhan Singh Saksar 1997 Chowkidar Shilva Vrat t Singh A perusal of t he aforesaid appoint m ent shows t hat som e of t he pet it ioners are cont inuing since 10 1972 but t hey had not been regularized. Count er affidavit has been filed by t he St at e t hat som e of t he pet it ioners have already been regularized and para 6 of t he count er affidavit it has been st at ed t hat only t hose em ployees are being paid m inim um only who are wit hin t he am bit regularizat ion. The m at t er cam e up before t he Allahabad High Court in t he case in of Put t i Lal report ed in St a t e o f U.P. a n d o t h e r s Vs Pu t t i La l - ( 1 9 9 8 ) 1 U.P.L.B.E.C. 3 1 3 . Writ pet it ions were decided direct ing for fram ing t he rules for regularizat ion. The observat ions are quot ed below: “ I n pursuance of t he direct ions issued by t his Court pending t hese cases t he Governm ent of U.P. subm it t ed m ore t han one Schem e regularizat ion of t he pet it ioners, t hose Schem es hardly cont ain any hope for t heir regularizat ion. I t has been st at ed t herein t hat t he pet it ioners can be considered regularizat ion against available vacancies aft er am ending service rules. Available vacancies being few no subst ant ial help can be expect ed t hem . That apart , t he Governm ent fram ing t hose Schem es has not applied it s m ind t o t he quest ions dealt wit h herein above. These are aspect s which are t o be considered by t he Governm ent before fram ing Schem e for absorpt ion of t he pet it ioners. I n t he present t he appropriat e pleadings are also not t here so as t o declare t he em ploym ent of t he pet it ioners as daily wager for considerable long period as “ unfair labour pract ice” . We , are , t herefore, not expressing and 11 final opinion on t his quest ion also. The quest ions dealt wit h herein above are t o be considered and decided by t he Governm ent before fram ing t he Schem e regularisat ion/ absorpt ion t he pet it ioners and ot her sim ilarly placed em ployees. For t he reasons given above, t hese writ pet it ions and t he Appeals are part ly allowed. The j udgm ent s im pugned in t he Appeals are set - aside. The Governm ent of U.P. is direct ed t o appoint a Com m it t ee consist ing of Secret aries of Finance and Forest Depart m ent s and t he Legal Rem em brance or t heir nom inees wit hin a m ont h of product ion of cert ified copy of t his j udgm ent before t he Secret ary Forest Depart m ent , Ut t ar Pradesh. The Com m it t ee t o appoint ed w ill consider t he quest ion of fram ing Schem e regularizat ion/ absorpt ion t he pet it ioners and ot her sim ilarly placed em ployees working in t he Forest Depart m ent and t he Schem es undert aken by t he said Depart m ent . The com m it t ee will pass speaking order and will subm it it s report wit hin a period of t hree m ont hs of t he dat e of it s const it ut ion by t he Governm ent . I t will be open t o t he Associat ion Union of t he pet it ioners t o m ake represent at ion cont aining all t heir grievances in t his regard before t he Com m it t ee and such a represent at ion is m ade t he sam e shall also be decided by speaking order by t he said Com m it t ee wit hin t he sam e t im e specified above. The Governm ent will t hereaft er pass appropriat e order t aking int o considerat ion t he report t he Com m it t ee and m at erial available on t he record, wit hin one m ont h of t he receipt of t he report of t he 12 Com m it t ee. The whole exercise by t he Com m it t ee as well as by t he Governm ent should be com plet ed wit hin six m ont hs t he dat e of product ion of cert ified t his j udgm ent before t he Governm ent . Till t hen t he part ies shall m aint ain st at us quo.” However, t he m at t er went t o t he Apex Court and t he Apex Court has also direct ed for fram ing t he schem e for daily wagers. The word ‘m inim um pay’ has also been considered for daily rat ed workm en in t he case of St a t e o f U.P. Vs. Pu t t i La s 2 0 0 2 ( 1 ) E.L.C.5 2 4 ( SC) where it has been observed as under: “ I n several cases t his Court applying t he principal of equal pay for equal work has held t hat a daily wager, if he is discharging t he sim ilar dut ies as t hose t he regular em ploym ent t he Governm ent , should at least be ent it led t o receive t he m inim um of t he pay scale t hough he m ight not be ent it led t o any increm ent or any ot her allowance t hat is perm issible t o his count er part t he Governm ent .” I n t he m eant im e t he Ut t aranchal Governm ent int roduced t he Ut t aranchal Forest Depart m ent Regularisat ion ( On Group ‘D” Post s) of Daily Wages Appoint m ent Rules, 2003 and t he Rules having been fram ed wit h t he cut of dat e 1991. The said Rules are quot ed below: “ Re g u l a t i o n o f d a i l y w a g e s a p p o i n t m e n t o n Gr o u p “ D ” Po st s: ( 1) Any person who: 13 ( a) was direct ly appoint ed on daily wages basis on a Group “ D” post in t he Forest Depart m ent Governm ent service before June 29, 1991 and in cont inuing in service as such on t he dat e of com m encem ent of t hese rules; and ( b) possessed requisit e qualificat ion prescribed regular appoint m ent for t hat post at t he t im e of such appoint m ent on daily wage basis t he relevant service rules, shall be considered regular appoint m ent perm anent t em porary vacancy, as m ay be available in t he Forest Depart m ent in Group “ D” post , on t he dat e of com m encem ent of t hese rules on t he basis of his record and suit abilit y before any regular appoint m ent m ade in such vacancy in accordance wit h t he relevant service rules or orders. 6 - A p p o i n t m e n t b e d e e m e d t o b e u n d e r , t h e r e l e v a n t se r v i ce r u l e s e t c.: Appoint m ent s m ade under t hese rules shall be deem ed to be appointm ents under the relevant service rules or orders, if any. 7 - Se n i o r i t y : ( 1) A person appoint ed under t hese rules shall be ent it led t o seniorit y t he dat e of appoint m ent aft er select ion for regularizat ion in accordance wit h 14 t hese rules and shall, in all cases be placed t he persons appoint ed in accordance wit h t he relevant service rules, or as t he case m ay be, t he regular prescribed procedure, prior t o t he appoint m ent of such persons under t hese rules. ( 2) I f t wo or m ore persons are appoint ed t oget her, t heir seniorit y int erse shall be det erm ined t he order m ent ioned in t he order of appoint m ent .” I n t he light of t he aforesaid rules as well as in t he light of t he j udgm ent of t he Apex Court , t he respondent s are direct ed t o pass appropriat e order s considering t he claim of t he pet it ioners regarding regularizat ion in accordance wit h law. I n t he m eant im e t he respondent s are direct ed t o pay m inim um of t he pay scale of t he pet it ioners in t he light of t he j udgm ent of t he Apex Court . The writ pet it ion is allowed. A writ of m andam us issued direct ing t he respondent s t o t he pass appropriat e orders considering t he claim of t he pet it ioners for regularizat ion in accordance wit h law. ( Ra j e sh Ta n d o n , J)

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