M IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR / Writ Petition No. '73 8 of 2004 / PETITIONER: Mehatar Rajak aged about 55 years. S/O Shri Murvau / Village 8L Post—Bataan Distt. Raipur. (C.G.) Tehsil—Palari VERSUS ESPONDENTS: 1.State Of Chhattisgarh Secretary Water Resources Department Secretariat, Raipur (C.G.) 2. Chief Engineer Mahanadi Project Department Of Water Resources Raipur (C.G.) x 3.Executive Engineer Water Resources Department Division No.2, Baloda bazar Raipur. (C.G.) 4. Sub—Divisional Officer Water Resources Department Sub—Division No.5 Kanki Raipur. (C.G.) / i g WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226/227/OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA FOR ISSUANCE OF A WRIT IN THE NATURE OF MANDAMUS, PROHIBITION, CERTIORARI ETC OR ANY OTHER DIRECTION OR ORDER TO DO JUSTICE IN THE /\W MATTER. ;\§>§f’“$§a . R “‘5 XI-HCM 7S a mm (Wu) mvfsam WWII‘fg‘z‘tm $3€fwm 29—9—2GG4 Pelitiuuers llu‘ougrh 11 sir 1wpective counsel. Suns bV Shri V‘QS. Mumlw DV. Advocate Genera}, Hcard. ‘ 2V This batch ofczzsés rehue w Gangmau. Ch )‘ 'aar sic. ofthc “may Resource pammm $m é wagio 1 i n‘olvcd in aliiha pezitions is xumlar thex are ham“ du o\ this; common 011m: C iv deak‘ wirh Acmumrs of Wbrks anti Stores. Para 4.003 ("Esztis Registration and Paymem of D;.ih' Casual; 1 YLaaclir‘negular 1 Y) Labsur Ga Para 4.003 reads mus:- ‘ h: k 01' Riili‘ 3. Counsei for petitionsr submit‘s {hm PAVE). RM} i‘r.003(A) Casua} Labo 2r C/drws- \\ hm \\ om 15 m b hon n “Am casual lab-0m gangs. The ‘ubordvmte 111C mrOe <hQ‘1 mena'e a mu“ ‘v‘ 1‘011.’ \xhich mil shim the qamcs v 1h. xx orh pmp 111m anemia L fbe 'Work done and the tum um pw able on. Ih15 (uwuht. Monthh‘ nmsE—tr 101 xfn pessarx; mzw be c ose€i aftcr sewn dm's or as conveniem. [Mr (B) Pennanent Gangs~ ’ p10na Lommu G 1n! 1 ' v' (:1) (b‘; {CJ (d) (e) ‘mimk‘m m 112nizir La “'9 y Lzib‘burerx \ )‘éx-Hc—Js 4. Ii is submitted that thexe is no change in the Manual. He further submitied that by a notification, manua} cannot be superseded. ted that the as pet annemre P—2 (WP. No. 2044/2004), the Additional Se etary videletter dated 9-3-2000 bearing no. F/13/11/S/2000 has issued di 5. . Counsel fof petitioner s Ition that the daily wage emplovees/labours I _\should not be allowed to work on attaining more than 35 years of age n1 reference to the above letter th Government has clarified the categorv 0+“ the 7-2000 bearino no F/13/11 31/Sa 7000 is per Anneirure P-V3Vthat the einplcyees who should not be allovted to wmk aha 55 years aie 1“ 'Chokidar (-2) Labour (unskilledjia) Helper (unskiued) (4; . C1v1l (5) Mall (6) Khalasi (7) Gcngnan and (8) Process Surveym In the letter 1t was made clear that the order under referenc W111 not be applied on other employees Vide its letter dated ‘ I daily wag; employees and they may be kept 1n servwe till 60 years of age Counsel f r petitioner submitter that it 1s discrirnmation He placed 1ehancb ‘or'iia‘deci ion in Union of India znd another —v- International Trading Co. Ltd. and\anotl'1er reported in 2003 (5 SCC p437 .and'State of Orissa and others An TitaghuriPaper Mills reportedii AIR\§L9\85 SC 1293’. During the Course of hearing: the decision of High ,C urt of M P in W P No. 3700’2003 (State of .Madhya Pradesh and others ‘—v- Smt Bhagwati Bat and another) dated 23 J- 2003 was also brought to the not Le ofthis Court 6. Counsel for petitioner further submitted thati the State Government .__ issued another direction Vide let er dated 1’7 4 2000 as per Amiemiie l—u aim sue ections that the orders directing retirement of einplo3ees of \x “in 't u r ‘ - isd dir mm 1H 200 V m~m(W) amamma: ’ mmm : u s ~ . ‘ ' “MW“ 3m ‘ mmwmwm tam 3m xi.HC——78 EWWW mmwwgM “200 Mm(m) . WWW ' WW§WW $mm Resources Department attaining the age of 33 vears ale eaneelled He funh “ submitted that Department has not been fair m removmg the employees He }subinitted that they “have been removed pursuant to notificanon dated 9 3— ‘. 2000 (Annexdre P-2) and suosaquent notification dated 17 4-2000 and 3 I- 2000 have not been considered Fhere xs not a'whispei 1n the order. l7.t Learned Dy Advocate General brought to the notite of the Court the ‘ rxdecxsmn taken bv the State on 116 8 2004 v1de letter bearing no F 14 33 RV l /3 1/2004 whereby the age 1n the Water Resources Department has been kept V , as 60 years. 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