IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINTIAL Writ Petition No. 745 of 2008 (S/S) Fateh Singh Negi and others …………..Petitioners. Versus State of Uttarakhand and others …………..Respondents. Sri M.C.Kandpal, Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri S.S. Chaudhary, Advocate for the petitioners. Sri P.C. Bisht, Brief Holder for the State-respondent. Sri Rakesh Thapliyal, Advocate for respondents no. 2 to 4. Hon’ble Prafulla, C. Pant, J. Heard leaned counsel for the parties. By Means of this writ petition, the petitioners have sought with in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents authority to pay minimum regular salary to the petitioners. A further mandamus has also been sought to regularize the services of the petitioners, as they completed more than ten years of services. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioners are Part Time Fitters with Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan. It appears that earlier they filed a Writ Petition No. 1443 of 2004 (S/S), which was dismissed as withdrawn on 23.11.2006 with liberty to the petitioners to make representation to the appropriate authority. Now, the representation of petitioners appears to have been rejected vide order dated 9th July 2007 (copy Annexure 8 to the writ petition). In view of the principle of law laid down in Secretary, State of Karnataka Vs. Uma Devi 2006 AIR SCW pg. 1991, the prayer of regularization of the Ad hoc Workers cannot be directed by this Court unless the same is provided under some rules. Apart from this learned counsel for the respondents drew attention of this Court to the Judgment and unless the same is provided respondents drew attention of this order dated 7th August 2004, passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 6958 (S/S) of 2001, which was filed by similarly situated other petitioners and the same was dismissed with the observation that it was for the respondents to take a decision if the amount of wages which is being paid to the petitioners is to be raised. Leaned counsel forth respondents no. 2 to 4 drew attention of those Court to the order dated 14.09.2004, passed in Special Appeal No. 37 of 2004, whereby the aforesaid order dated 7th August 2004 was affirmed by the Division Bench of this Court. It appears that though the wages of pat time workers is not increased to Rs. 1500/-p.m. but same has been revised. In the above circumstances, considering the fact that the petitioners are Part Time Workers, the minimum wages payable to full time workers cannot be said to be payable to the petitioners. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed summarily. (Stay Application No. 4578 of 2008 also stands dismissed). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 24.07.2008 NS