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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 23164/2025

1. Tulchharam S/o Late Shri Chatraram, Aged About 72 Years, Resident Of Village Khokhariya, Sansiyon Ki Dhani, Banar Road, Jodhpur (Raj.).

2. Nemichand S/o Shri Hajari Mal, Aged About 71 Years, Resident Of 31-A, Sushant Vihar, Near Arti Nagar, Pal, Jodhpur (Raj.).

3. Dilip S/o Shri Kasam Khan, Aged About 71 Years, Resident Of Chhipon Ki Ghati, Veer Mohalla, Opposite Masjid, Jodhpur (Raj.).

4. Haji Mohammad S/o Shri Nathu Khan, Aged About 72 Years, Resident Of Gayon Ki Fatak, Aasan, Udai-Mandir, Jodhpur (Raj.).

5. Kesha Ram S/o Shri Pabu Ram, Aged About 72 Years, Resident Of Village Khokhariya, Banar Road, Jodhpur (Raj.).

6. Aarthar S/o Shri Nelson Jeorge, Aged About 72 Years, Resident Of 12/133, Chopasani Housing Board, Jodhpur (Raj.).

7. Abdul Majeed S/o Shri Kale Khan, Aged About 79 Years, Resident Of 122-B-II, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Jodhpur (Raj.).

8. Ram Pratap S/o Shri Bholaram Kachchawah, Aged About

79 Years, Resident Of Indra Colony, Mandor Road, Mahamandir, Jodhpur (Raj.).

9. Gokul Singh S/o Shri Shankar Singh, Aged About 70 Years, Resident Of 125, Vaibhav Vihar, Near Balam Hotel, Shikargarh, Ratanada, Jodhpur (Raj.).

10. Raghu Singh S/o Late Shri Devi Singh, Aged About 70 Years, Resident Of 14/977, Chopasani Housing Board, Jodhpur (Raj.).

11. Smt. Kamla W/o Late Shri Ratna Ram, Aged About 63 Years, Resident Of Village Khokhariya, Banar Road, Jodhpur (Raj.).

----Petitioners Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Its Principal Secretary, Medical And Health Services, Govt. Secretariat, Jaipur.

2. Director (Non-Gazetted), Medical And Health Service, Swasthya Bhawan, Tilak Marg, Govt. Of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

3. Chief Medical And Health Officer, Opposite Central Jail, Jodhpur.

4. Joint Director, Medical And Health Services, Zone Jodhpur, Jhalamand, Jodhpur.

5. Joint Director, Pension And Pensioners Welfare Department, Jodhpur Zone, Jodhpur.

----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Yash Pal Khileree For Respondent(s) : Mr. Tanuj Jain for Mr. Mukesh Dave, AGC Mr. Mahaveer Pareek, for the respondent no.5 HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE REKHA BORANA

Order

16/01/2026

1. Counsel for the petitioners submits that the issue rests covered by the judgment passed by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Mangi Lal Sharma Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. D.B. Civil Writ Petition No.10332/2015 and other connected matters (decided on 12.02.2024).

2. Counsel for the respondents is not in a position to refute the above submission.

3. In Mangi Lal (supra), the Court observed and held as under:

“5. The controversy before this Court is pivoted on answer to the question, whether a Field Worker, who did not undergo three months of training as a Health Worker and was consequently not assigned to the position of Health Worker but continued to work as a Multipurpose Worker, would be entitled to the pay scale outlined in the notification dated 06.10.1993 (Annexure-5) upon completing 10 years of service?.

6. The answer is in affirmative. Reasons are not far to seek. Foremost, reference may be had to the office circular dated 16.07.1992 (Annexure-9) issued by the Medical and Health Department, Government of Rajasthan. At serial No. 15, it explicitly states that the position of Field Worker (Male) would be redesignated as Health Worker (Male) / Multipurpose Worker.

7. Pertinently, in the process of redesignation, no distinction has been made between the Health Worker (Male) and Multipurpose Worker.

8. No doubt, an individual who has completed the three months of training as outlined in the notification dated 30.11.1994 (Annexure-3) would be entitled to work in the capacity of Health Worker (Male).

9. It is undisputed that the petitioners have not undergone the three months of training, and they continue to serve as Multipurpose Health Workers, as is the case even today.

10. What thus has to be seen is if the petitioners are entitled to the benefit of the notification dated 06.10.1993 (Annexure-5). F