CWP(T) 5190/2008 (OA 1528/96) 04.05.2010 Present: Mr. K. C. Sankhyan, Advocate, vice Mr. Bhuvnesh Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. R. M. Bisht, Dy. Advocate General for the respondents. The petition was filed in the year 1996 before the erstwhile Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal at Shimla. The same now stands transferred to this Court and renumbered. In the petition a grievance is made out that daily wages @ Rs. 45.75 per day are not being paid by the State w.e.f. 1.1.1995. In the return the respondents have seriously disputed the petitioners’ entitlement for the same. Services of the petitioners were engaged on part time basis as cook- cum-water carrier on different dates. Their entitlement being in dispute, this Court in the present petition cannot pass any orders on the relief prayed for. That the petitioners are otherwise entitled to daily wages @ Rs. 45.75 per day could not be shown during the course of the hearing. 2. However, it is further urged that during the pendency of the present petition the State has formulated a scheme whereby even part time workers are being accorded the status of daily wagers after a period of ten years. According to the learned Counsel petitioners are squarely covered by a policy dated 27.2.2004. 3. Under these circumstances respondent No. 2 is directed to consider the case of the petitioners for according such benefits as they are entitled to in law under the scheme. The petitioners, as stated by the learned counsel shall make an effective representation within a period of four weeks from today. Such representation shall -2- be decided within a period of twelve weeks from the date of receipt of the representation. Needless to add respondent No. 2 shall pass a reasoned order which shall also be communicated to the petitioners. 4. With the aforesaid observations the present petition is disposed of. (Sanjay Karol), Judge. May 04, 2010 (PK)