O R D E R

Per:- Sanjeev Gupta, Judicial Member

The brief facts of the case, as stated, in the Original Application (in short O.A.) are that applicants were engaged as Daily Wagers in the PHE City Division No. II on different dates commencing from June 1996 to February 2000 and subsequently, they were transferred to PHE City Division No. I. It is averred that the applicants, since the date of their engagement, have been performing their duties continuously and uninterruptedly in the department without any break and completed seven years of continuous service between June 2003 and September 2007, thereby acquiring eligibility for regularization under the Jammu and Kashmir Daily Rated Workers/Work Charged Employees (Regularization) Rules 1994 issued vide SRO 64 of 1994 dated 24.03.1994. However, their claim for regularization was not considered by the respondents on the ground that their engagement was after March 1994, and as per provisions of SRO 64 of 1994, the daily rated workers, who were engaged upto March 1994 would acquire the eligibility for regularization on completion of seven years of continuous service in the department.

2. It is further averred in the O.A. that an Order No.