IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2588 of 1997 Ram Surat Ram ,son of Bansropan Harijan, resident of villaghe Sundar Bahyara, P.O.Nataiyan, P.S.Kundra, District Bhabua, at present working on Muster Roll, Irrigation Pump Project, Sundar Bahuara, district- Bhabua. ……… Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Water Resources Development Department, Sinchai Bhawan, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Joint Secretary to the Government, Water Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, Sinchai Bhawan, Patna. 3. The Chief Engineer (Mechanical), Water Resources Development Department, Sinchai Bhawan, Patna. 4. The Superintending Engineer, Water Resodurces Development Department, Bahuara project, Mitapur, patna. 5. The Executive Engineer, Water Resources Development Department, Bhabhua Project, Noawan, District Bhabhua. 6. The Junior Engineer, Water Resources Development Department, Bahuara Project, Noawan, District Bhabua. ……..Respondents. ---------------------------------- with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3293 of 1997 Girjesh Prasad Singh ,Son of Late Ramtamakya Singh, resident of village Kamdarchak, P.O. manikpur,P.S. Kurtha, District –Jehanabad, at present working on Muster Roll, Irrigation Pump Project, Sundar Bahuara, Bhabhua. ………. Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Water Resources Development Department, Sinchai Bhawan, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Joint Secretary to the Government, Water Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, Sinchai Bhawan, Patna. 3. The Chief Engineer (Mechanical), Water Resources Development Department, Sinchai Bhawan, Patna. 4. The Superintending Engineer, Water Resodurces Development Department, Bahuara project, Mitapur, patna. 5. The Executive Engineer, Water Resources Development Department, Bhabhua Project, Noawan, District Bhabhua. 6. The Junior Engineer, Water Resources Development Department, Bahuara Project, Noawan, District Bhabua. ……..Respondents. 2 ---------------------------------- with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2701 of 1997 Nagendra Prasad Singh , Son of Shri Kedar Singh, resident of village- Jaishree, P.S. Karakat, District Rohtas, at present working on muster roll, Irrigation Pump Project, Sunar Bahuara, District Bhabua…….. Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Water Resources Development Department, Sinchai Bhawan, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Joint Secretary to the Government, Water Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, Sinchai Bhawan, Patna. 3. The Chief Engineer (Mechanical), Water Resources Development Department, Sinchai Bhawan, Patna. 4. The Superintending Engineer, Water Resources Development Department, Bahuara project, Mitapur, patna. 5. The Executive Engineer, Water Resources Development Department, Bhabhua Project, Noawan, District Bhabhua. 6. The Junior Engineer, Water Resources Development Department, Bahuara Project, Noawan, District Bhabua. ……..Respondents. . ---------------------------------- 5 05.12.2011 Heard Mr. Shailendra Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.C. to A.A.G.-4 for the State. All these writ petitions have been filed for quashing the orders dated 27.6.1995 issued by the Chief Engineer (Mechanical), Water Resources Development Department, Bihar, Patna by which the petitioner has been reverted from the work charge establishment to daily wages employee and further for a direction to the respondents to give wages to the petitioner in the time Scale of Pay in light of direction given by this Court on 18.9.1996 in L.P.A.No. 274 of 1996. 3 It is submitted that these matters are identical to CWJC Nos. 2602/07, 2609/97, 2700/1997, 2711/1007, 3151/1997, 3203/1997, 3211/1997, 3213/1997, 3214/1997,3225/1997, 3304/1997 and 3412/1997 which by a common order have been disposed off on 19.5.2011 by a Coordinate Bench of this Court. In view of the aforesaid, this Court after going through order dated 19.5.2011 is inclined to dispose off the present cases also in the same terms. The case of the present petitioners shall also be governed as per the directions of this Court dated 19.5.2011 passed in the abovementioned cases, the only difference, which is obvious and which the authority will bear in mind, would be that the payments which have been directed to be made to the petitioners in terms of the order of this court dated 18.9.1996 in L.P.A. No. 274/96 shall be made from the date of this order i.e. 5.12.2011, which is as per clarification made by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the Case of State of U.P. Vs. Putti Lal reported in 2006 (9) SCC 337 . Learned counsel for the petitioner has filed copy of the order dated 19.5.2011 passed in CWJC No.2602/1997 and its analogous cases. Let the same be kept on record. With the aforementioned observations and 4 directions, these writ applications stand disposed off. Sudha (Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J.)