JUDGMENT :

Hon'ble Ajit Kumar, J.

1. In the light of office order dated 02.03.2021 a photocopy of the rejoinder affidavit is supplied by learned counsel for the petitioner which is taken on record.

2. Heard Sri Siddharth Khare, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Rafat Raza Khan, learned counsel for the contesting respondents.

3. Petitioner before this Court is aggrieved by the order dated 07.07.2018, whereby, his claim for regularization as a Group -D employee has been rejected.

4. Briefly stated facts are that the petitioner was initially appointed on daily wage basis on the post of Fitter on 01.02.1999. He claimed to have discharged his duties as such and was working at the relevant point of time when the regularization rules dated 12.09.2016 were brought into force by the State Government providing for regularization of daily wage/ work charge/ contract employees upon Group -C and Group -D posts of the Government Department (outside the purview of Public Service Commission). This Government Order though was issued in respect of Government Department posts but it is an admitted position to the parties that this Government Order was adopted by the Urban Development Department.

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