IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC TUESDAY, THE 22ND JUNE 2010 / 1ST ASHADHA 1932 WP(C).No. 19385 of 2010(W) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- 1. C.K.ABDUL NACAR, S/O.KUNJIKOYA, WATCHMAN, (ONE DAILY WAGES), PWD REST HOUSE, VANDOOR (PO), MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 2. M.K.UMMER, S/O.MOHAMMED, WATCHMAN, (ONE DAILY WAGES), TOURIST BUNGALOW, PANDIKKAD (PO), MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.M.V.THAMBAN SRI.R.REJI SMT.THARA THAMBAN SRI.B.BIPIN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. CHIEF ENGINEER, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PWD BUILDING SUB DIVISION, PERUNTHALMANA, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 4. ASSISTANT ENGINEER, PWD BUILDING SECTION, VANDOOR (PO), MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 5. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PWD BUILDING DIVISION, PANDIKKAD (PO), MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. GP SRI.ARAVINDKUMAR BABU THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/06/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J ------------------- W.P.(C).19385/2010 -------------------- Dated this the 22nd day of June, 2010 JUDGMENT Petitioners are Watchmen on daily wages in the PWD Rest House, Vandoor and the Tourist Bunglow, Pandikkad in Malappuram District. Their grievance is that they are going to be replaced by another set of employees and on that basis petitioners seek a direction for their continuance in service. 2. The right of the daily wage employees depends upon the period upto which they are engaged. They have no right to resist the engagement of other employees or to continue beyond their period of appointment. I do not find any merit in the writ petition. It is accordingly dismissed. ANTONY DOMINIC, Judge mrcs