IN THE HDN'BLE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BILASPUR L CHHATT I SGARH . w.P. No.1?l/aoo3. é?” I 509113 RAM SAHoo AGED 55 YEARS S d” 'on of Sri Prem 1a1 Sahoo , Daily Wage Labour of Wat er Resources Department , Resident of Village Mujagahan PET IT IONER r Tahsil 8. District Dhamtari ‘ Chhat t i sgarh . VERstI‘s. 1 . STATE OF CHHATT I SGARH Through Secretary Department of Water Resources , 'DKS Bhawn Mantralay , . Raipur Chhat t i sgarh . 2 . EXECUTIVE ENG INEER Division Rudri , Dist ri ct Dhamtari Chhat t i sgarh . a t er Manag ement Mahanadi 3 . SUB ~D IV Jalashay I S IONAL Priyojna OFF ICER . , ‘ ‘ Jal Prabandh Sub—Division No. VIII , Gurur , District amtari Chhat t i sgarh . WR IT. PET IT ION A? i UNDER ART ICLE 2 2 6 OF THE GgN ST ITUT ION OF IND IA FOR I SSUANCE OF APPROPR IATE WRIT , WR ITS , ORDERS D IRECT ION ETC . Contd...2 ’XI-Hc—rm Nil/3003 W200 mww mmm mm (W) mmm 29—9—2004 Petitioners through their re State bV Shri V.V.SA Mum Heard. mm fs€tm1z aia‘faam 7 Resources Depanment. Since the simElargihey are being decided b/y 3. Counsel for petiiioner subi iv deals with Accounts of W Registration and Payment of Dz Para 4.003 reads thus:- 4.003(A) V Casual LabO' casulal labour gangs, the Vs rollj which will show the the Vork done and the amc rol s if necessary: may be c \ (B§ Permanent Gangs-- \ (a) (b) ‘ _(C) (d) (e) Any recruitment to rt gular gangs will be done only with the emplovedhontinued in egular’g'a‘ngs.” spective counsel. y, Dy. Advocate General. 2. This batch of cases relate ta) Gangmam Chokidar etc. ofthe Water question involved in all the petitions is this common order. nits that P.W.D. Manual, Volume l Chapter orks and Stores. Para 4.003 deals with .ily Casual Labour/Regular Labour Gangs. r 1r Gangs- When work is to be done by daily ubordinate incharge shall prepare a muster names of the work-people; their'attendance. unt payable on this account. Monthly muster ose‘d aher seven days ‘or as convenient. pennission of Qh Labr vurers more than 58 vears of age shall not be m \ WW m W mwywaym—g 1n 2oo mmfzww‘ mmm: WWW 4. It is submitted that there is no change 111 the Manual. Hl2 funher submitted that by a notificatiom manual cannot be superseded. mm Wm niiie‘d' that the as par minexure P~2 (W113. No. eiary videlefter dated 9-3-2000 bearing no. 2044/2004), ths Addmonal Se fion that the daily wage employees/labours F/13/1 1/S/2000 has issued dir \s‘hould not be allowed to work on attaining more than 55 years of age in Govemment has clanfled the categorv of tht refereme tc the above letter th -7 2000 bearmv no F/13 11‘31 Sa’200t‘ 5 employees v1de 1ts letter dated per Fume-3mm P-3 that the emplc yees who should not be allowed to work after ' *5 vears are 1‘ Chokidar (2) Labour (unskilled) (3) Helper (unskilled) {41 Cml (d) Mah (6) IGlalasx (7) G¢ ngnan and (8) Process Surveyor In the letter 1t was made clear that the order under reference W111 not be apphed on other dailv wag employees and they may be kept 1n serwce till 00 years of a Counsel fl r, petltloner subnnttec that it is discrimination. He‘pla'ced reliance ’onla “deci ion in Unioniof India and another ~v— International Trading Co. Ltd. andlanother reported in .2003 (5fl SCC 437 and-State of On'ssa and others ~V— Titaghur-Pa'per Mills reported-hi AIR‘l985 SC 1293. During the Course of hearhw; the decision of High Cdurt of MP. in WP. No. 3200/2003 (State of \ladhVa Pradesh and others ev- Smt. Bhagwati Bai and another) dated 23'3- 2003 was also brought to the not ce ofthis Court. to 6. Counsel for petitioner thither submittedthatg the State Govemmem, V . issued another dirtction vide let er dated 17-4-2000 as per Aimexure P4 and 1ssued directtons that the orders directing retirement of employees. of “if-1k? e ‘ :: XI-Hc-‘7s WW, W;W ' ...L‘Jl ................... I /m"mun-«mum..- WT mmmiaaw MWW‘~ mmm mm fzz1m $31‘fmm 'ma’t‘mm’ Resources Department attaining the age of 55 years, are cancelled. He funher submitted that Depan‘ment has not been fair in removing th‘e‘employees. He 'submltted that they have been removed pursuant to notification dated 9 ’%- 200v (Annexure P—2) and subs 'quent notmcauon dated 17-4-l00b and 3 /- 2000 have not been cons1dered re 1s not a wh1sper 1n tne Older 7.. Learned Dy. Advoca e neral brought to the notloe of the Court the 004 v1de letter beamgno F 14 53/ WJT /3 1/2004 Wherebiy‘the age . ater Resources Department has been kept as 60 years. Theletter dat‘ed’16e ~2004 1s quoted below.- : s t I ' u I 2000,f%‘v’fl‘;c5 09b3 2000 w, « VBqViiWa We WW ”1H W F W I i W wW$WW%%WWWW% WewmwmWWHetwel wmm0W/Wanwnmwm mammwemvéwwwe‘l W emwwmi’eaet e te 2 m; W WW XI~HC——78 mmw mmm WM @W ta‘fmm 8. Coumsel for the petitioner State Government dated 16 8—20( last para of the above order th: ‘Pubhc Works Department the a‘ xvas I rhet and ai1er takmg/éteps the State Goveml 16m b mmmzcd inmledmtely The contentxon 1s L they are not nnplementmg the same 9 V In vxevv of theordur d ec taken steps and or ers’ are requir orders be passed 1n accordance With the order dated 16-8-2004 It ls funhet ’ du ected thart “£111 orders are passed 10 Sub ect to dtrectlons and cbservations made above‘ the petttlons stand f Consequently all the pendlng ‘VIW Ps and IAs also stand \ /// deusmn and 1n spite ofthe dec131o that now the State Government hae taken 04 the Department ought to 114w sse y ,epartment Let the whwitsm ”Waom‘lpiaa 'wattném‘ewzm submltted that msp1te of thls decxsmn of the 4: the department has not taken an§ step. m. State Government has decided that in the ’e of superannuatien be kept 60 vears as it the petitroners beallowed to contmue dnsposed disposed of 1 1. A copv of this Comt be planed in all the connectd matters. e ‘ V 0 a b th ‘D