IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 13.07.2010 COCP No.521 of 2008 Chabbi Lal and others ...Petitioners Versus O.S.Lochab and others ...Respondents Present: Mr. Jagdish Manchanda, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. R.S.Kundu, Advocate, for respondent No.5. COCP No.220 of 2009 Gulab Singh ...Petitioner Versus Ankur Gupta ...Respondent Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. Narender Hooda, Advocate, for the respondent. COCP No.225 of 2009 Bansi Lal ...Petitioner Versus Ankur Gupta ...Respondent Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. Narender Hooda, Advocate, for the respondent. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA HEMANT GUPTA, J. (Oral) This order shall dispose of aforementioned three contempt petitions, wherein the petitioners have invoked the contempt jurisdiction of COCP No. 521 of 2008 this Court alleging violation of the order passed by this Court in their respective writ petitions. The present contempt petitions have been filed after more than 3 years of passing of the order. The petitioners are part-time employees engaged by the Corporation on contract basis. The writ petitions filed by the petitioners were allowed directing the respondents to consider the cases of the petitioners for regularization of their services in their respective cadres within a period of six months from the said date. In terms of the said direction, the orders have been passed on different dates considering the claim of each of the petitioners. It has been observed that the cases for regularization of the petitioners were considered as per the policy dated 8.8.2003. Such policy contemplates that a part-time worker, who has completed at least 10 years continuous service, can be regularized on availability of regular Class-IV post in respective circle in the case of Field Cadre staff and Head Office Cadre Staff of UHBVNL. As per the said policy, the Class-IV part-time workers are to be regularized against the regular sanctioned post in that category. It is further pointed out that the policy dated 8.8.2003 has since been withdrawn on 22.8.2007 in view of the judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court reported as Secretary, State of Karnataka and others Vs. Uma Devi and others 2006 (4) SCC 1. It is pointed out that the cadre posts were not available during the period, the policy was in force and therefore, the services of the petitioners cannot be regularized. The claim of the petitioners for regularization has been considered in terms of the policy framed. In view of the said fact, I do not find that any case is made out for continuation of the present contempt proceedings. 2 COCP No. 521 of 2008 Consequently, the present contempt petitions are dismissed. However, it shall be open to the petitioners to take recourse to the remedies available to them in accordance with law. Rule discharged. 13.07.2010 (HEMANT GUPTA) Vimal JUDGE 3