This Order dismissed a writ petition wherein petitioners sought quashing of decisions to engage employees on a contract basis and directive for their regularisation and payment of regular salary based on the principle of equal pay for equal work.
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I N THE HI GH COURT OF JUDI CATURE FOR RAJASTHAN
BENCH AT JAI PUR.
O R D E R
S. B. CI VI L WRI T PETI TI ON No. 4529/ 1995.
Raj ast han Sahayak Kar mchar i Sangh Aj mer & 5 Or s. Ver sus
St at e of Raj ast han & Anr .
Dat e of or der : - Apr i l 2, 2009.
HON' BLE MR. JUSTI CE MOHAMMAD RAFI Q
Shr i Pr aveen Bal wada and
Shr i Sur esh Dhenwal f or t he pet i t i oner . Shr i Zaki r Hussai n, Addi t i onal Gover nment Counsel .
BY THE COURT: -
Thi s wr i t pet i t i on has been f i l ed by Raj ast han Sahayak Kar mchar i Sangh Aj mer & 5 Or s. wi t h t he pr ayer t hat or der Annexur es- 3, 4 & 8 passed by t he r espondent s deci di ng t o engage Cl ass- I V Empl oyees on cont r act basi s t hr ough t he Cont r act or be quashed and set - asi de and t he r espondent s be di r ect ed t o cont i nue t he pet i t i oner s No. 2 t o 6 and 22 ot her empl oyees i n t he ser vi ces of t he r espondent s and be di r ect ed t o absor b t hem per manent l y and r egul ar i se t hei r
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ser vi ces as Cl ass- I V empl oyees wi t h t he Boar d. Respondent s be t her ef or e di r ect ed t o pay t o t he pet i t i oner r egul ar sal ar y on t he basi s of pr i nci pl e of equal pay f or equal wor k. 2) Lear ned counsel f or t he pet i t i oner has ar gued t hat pet i t i oner wor ked wi t h t he r espondent s Boar d f or t he per i od r angi ng bet ween 18- 22 mont hs on dai l y wage basi s. Respondent s coul d not abr upt l y deci de t o avai l ser vi ces of Cl ass- I V empl oyees t hr ough cont r act or par t i cul ar l y when t he Cl ass- I V empl oyees wer e al r eady wor ki ng wi t h t hem f r om an ear l i er t i me. They wer e i ni t i al l y engaged wi t h For est Depar t ment and t he For est Depar t ment coul d not subsequent l y change t he syst em of engagement of Cl ass- I V empl oyee. I n t he cour se of ar gument s, l ear ned counsel f or t he pet i t i oner has cont ended t hat some of t he pet i t i oner s wer e cont i nued under t he cont r act syst em and some ot her s wer e di scont i nued and appl i cat i on was made t o empl oy ot her 22 per sons al so as pet i t i oner s and t hat i n al l , 27 dai l y wage empl oyees wer e r egul ar i sed and t her ef or e r espondent s cannot di scr i mi nat e agai nst t he pet i t i oner and r emai ni ng empl oyees and t er mi nat e t hei r ser vi ces. 3) Ther e i s no chal l enge t o any al l eged or der of di scont i nuat i on or t er mi nat i on. Ther e i s al so no pl eadi ng as t o whi ch of t he empl oyees wer e r egul ar i sed and no such or der of r egul ar i sat i on i s
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under chal l enge nor any such empl oyee i s ot her wi se i mpl eaded as par t y. I f t he pet i t i oner s or f or t hat mat t er , some of t hem had chosen t o wor k t hr ough conot r act or , t hey coul d not t her ef or e i nsi st f or bei ng pai d r egul ar sal ar y on t he basi s of equal pay f or equal wor k. Even ot her wi se, t he i mpugned or der s r esor t i ng t o cont r act syst em wer e passed i n 1995 and pet i t i oner s have not chosen t o chal l enge t hat syst em i n 1995 i t sel f . Pet i t i oner s wer e engaged onl y on dai l y wage basi s and wor ked f or t wo year s or so. I t i s not shown whet her r ecr ui t ment was made by any accept abl e mode as per r ul es. Di r ect i on t o pay t hem r egul ar pay scal e and r egul ar i ze t hei r ser vi ces wi t h t he r espondent Boar d at t hat st age, cannot be i ssued.
I t her ef or e do not f i nd any mer i t i n t hi s wr i t pet i t i on, whi ch i s accor di ngl y di smi ssed.
( MOHAMMAD RAFI Q) , J.
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether petitioners engaged on daily wage basis can be directed to be regularised and paid regular salary on the principle of equal pay for equal work when recruitment was not shown to be made by any
Whether impugned orders resorting to contract system passed in 1995 can be challenged when petitioners did not challenge that system in 1995 itself.
Rajasthan Sahayak Karmchari Sangh Ajmer
State of Rajasthan
Mohammad Rafiq
As recorded by the court registry
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