Intervention application filed by the intervener is allowed. Intervener is permitted to argue the case.

2. Heard Shri Mahesh Chandra Pant, petitioner in person in Writ Petition No. 167 of 2014 and Shri Amar Shukla, Advocate, counsel for the petitioner in Writ Petition No. 166 of 2014, Shri B.S.Negi, learned Deputy Advocate General for the State and Shri Kartikeya Hari Gupta, Advocate, for the Intervener.

3. These two writ petitions have been filed for identical reliefs. Prayer (i) is for direction to the respondents 1 to 15, i.e. the State Governments and District Magistrate of all the Districts to ensure that strike of ministerial staffs is called of. Prayer (ii) is for direction to these respondents to take action against striking ministerial staffs.

4. In the State of Uttarakhand, the ministerial cadre employees are Government servant. They are paid salary from the public ex-checker. Respondent no. 16 is Uttarakhand Federation of Ministerial Services, which is said to be federation of ministerial employees. Intervener, the Uttarakhand Collectorate Ministerial Karmchari Sangh is said to be recognised by the State Government and is representing all the ministerial