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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GAUHATI, ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH AT KOHIMA BENCH
UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR
V. Inali – Appellant
Versus
State of Nagaland – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr. Toshi O. Longkumer. Also heard learned Government Advocate, Mr. E. Thiba Phom. .
2. The above noted writ petitions, having raised similar or identical issues, reliefs, prayed for, also being one and the same, with the consent of the parties, were taken up for hearing analogously and are being disposed of by this order.
3. The petitioners, in the above noted writ petitions, have prayed for authorizing to them salaries, at par with the salaries authorized to regular Warders, serving in various establishments under the Director General of Prisons, Department of Prisons, Nagaland. The petitioners have also prayed for formulation of a scheme/policy for regularization of their services, by also reserving 50% of the vacancies arising in the cadre of Warder, for the purpose of effecting regularization of their services.
4. The petitioners, herein, were engaged by the competent authority, in view of the exigencies arising, requiring engagement of Warders, beyond the sanctioned strength of the cadre and such engagement was projected to have been affected by invoking the provisions of Rule 177 of the Assam Jail R
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