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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN

BENCH AT JAIPUR

S.B.  CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.7336/2014

Smt. Laxmi Devi vs. State & Ors.

DATE OF ORDER 

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 2^nd September, 2014

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ

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None present.

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Defect is overruled.

This   writ   petition   has   been   filed   by   the

petitioner with the prayer that the respondents may

be directed to make payment of full salary/wages to

the   petitioner   for   the   post   of   Sweeper   and

regularise her in service.  

It   is   contended   that   the   petitioner   was

initially   appointed   in   1988   on   daily   wage   basis

with the Ayurved Hospital, Dholpur as Sweeper. Her

services were terminated by order dated 2.4.1990.

Petitioner approached the Labour Court, Bharatpur

aggrieved by the aforesaid order. The Labour Court,

Bharatpur   vide   order   dated   28.10.1992   held   the

termination   of   the   petitioner   illegal   and   the

respondent‐employer was directed to reinstate her

in   service   along   with   benefit   of   continuity   of

service and make payment of arrears of salary and

other consequential benefits. The respondents have

filed   the   writ   petition   against   the   aforesaid

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order, which was dismissed. Thereafter, petitioner

filed an application before the Payment of Wages

Authority,   which   was   allowed   on   15.7.1994   and

respondents were directed to make payment of wages

for   which   petitioner   was   legally   entitled.   The

respondents   challenged   the   order   dated   15.7.1994

before   the   learned   District   and   Sessions   Judge,

Dholpur, which maintained the order dated 15.7.1994

passed   by   the   Payment   of   Wages   Authority   and

dismissed the appeal preferred by the respondents

vide order dated 3.6.1995. After dismissal of the

appeal   though   the   respondents   have   allowed   the

petitioner to join her duties on 12.2.1996, but her

services have not been regularised. She has earlier

preferred a writ petition before this court praying

for full salary of the post of Sweeper. The writ

petition   was   allowed   and   the   respondents   were

directed to make payment of minimum wages to the

petitioner of the unskilled labour and make payment

of arrears of such wages from the date of filing of

the writ petition. It is contended that petitioner

has already worked for more than a decade, but her

case for regularisation has not been considered. 

It   is   contended   that   In   compliance   of   a

judgment   of   Supreme   Court   in  Secretary   State   of

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Karnataka v. Uma Devi (2006) 4 SCC 1, the State

Government has, by notification dated 27.02.2009,

promulgated   'the   Rajasthan   Class‐IV   Service

(Recruitment   and   other   Service   Conditions)

(Amendment) Rules, 2009', to consider cases of all

such employees who have been working on the post of

Class‐IV and have completed ten years of service on

10.04.2006,  without intervention  of  any court  or

tribunal and continuously working as such on the

date   of   commencement   of   these   Rules   i.e.

27.02.2009, so as to regularize them in service. It

is contended that till date no final view has been

taken by the respondents to regularize his service.

The Supreme Court in para 53 of the judgment in

Secretary State of Karnataka v. Uma Devi  held as

under: 

“53.   One   aspect   needs   to   be   clarified.

There   may   be   cases   where   irregular

appointments (not illegal appointments) as

explained in S.V. Narayanappa – (1967) 1

SCR 128, R.N. Nanjundappa ‐ (1972) 1 SCC

409,   and   B.N.   Nagarajan   –   (1979)   4   SCC

507,   and   referred   to   in   paragraph   15

above, of duly qualified persons in duly

sanctioned   vacant   posts   might   have   been

made and the employees have continued to

work for ten years or more but without the

intervention   of   orders   of   courts   or   of

tribunals. The question of regularization

of the services of such employees may have

to be considered on merits in the ligh