JUDGMENT :

K.S. Jhaveri, J.

Heard Mr. Kamal Trivedi, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Mehul Rathod, Mr. D.G. Chauhan and Mr. Kishore Prajapati, learned advocates for Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage Board and Mr. P.H. Pathak, learned advocate assisted by Ms. Reena Kamani, Mr. Jitendra Patel, learned advocate assisted by Mr. Mukesh Rathod, learned advocates appearing for the employees.

2. Letters Patent Appeal No. 436 of 2006 has been preferred under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent challenging the judgment and order dated 03.12.2004 passed by the learned Single Judge in Special Civil Application No. 948 of 1993 whereby the learned Single Judge directed the original respondents - Board to pay the arrears of wages for the period from the date such workmen completed three years’ service as daily wage employees till they are paid wages in the minimum time-scale within three months from the date of receipt of the writ.

2.1. The original petitioners of Special Civil Application No. 948 of 1993 were daily rated employees of the respondent No. 2-Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage Board and had claimed regularization of service from the date they joined service of the Board as skilled/unskill