JUDGMENT

K.S. Radhakrishnan, J. —

1.Leave granted.

2.Appellants who had worked on daily wages for over ten years have approached this Court claiming benefit of paragraph 53 of the Constitution Bench judgment of this Court in Secretary, State of Karnataka And Others v. Umadevi (3) And Others,1 (2006) 4 SCC 1. Some doubts were there with regard to the meaning and content of paragraph 53 read with paragraphs 15, 16 and paragraph 8 read with paragraph 55 of the judgment in Umadevi’s case (supra) which has been subsequently explained by this Court in several judgments. Reference may be made to the judgment of this court in Punjab Water Supply & Sewerage Board v. Ranjodh Singh And Others,2 (2007) 2 SCC 491, State of Punjab v. Bahadur Singh And Others,3 (2008) 15 SCC 737, C. Balachandran And Others v. State of Kerala And Others,4 (2009) 3 SCC 179, State of Karnataka And Others v. G.V. Chandrashekar,5 (2009) 4 SCC 342, etc. Almost identical situation arises for consideration in this case as well.

3.The appellants who had worked for more than 10 years on daily rated basis in the Bihar Intermediate Education Council has approached the Patna High Court for regularization of their services and a l