NTHE HIGH comr OE MmHyAPRwESH- AT JABALPU gg gig wRIT pETITION no. E306? 151996 P $V ETéggouERS:— 1. Ravishankar Devangan son 0£ Padumlal Devangan, occupation service.'Time Keeper, SADA, Korba. R/o Nihari Talkiés,v ’Korba. Distt. Bilaspur (MP) 2. Rameshwar Prasad Rathore son of ~sukhruram Rathore. Tine Keeper. $ADA, Korba, r/o Sakti, Tahsik Sakti, Bistt. Bilaspur (MP) VERSUS Special Area DevelOpment Authority (SADA), Kcrba through its Chief Executive Officer, Korba, District Bilaspur (M.P.) PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 CF THE COKSTITUEION DE INDIA I R. HIGH COURT OF CHHA’I’I‘ISGARH AT BILASPUR Wlit Pctitiou No. 1108 of 1996 Pmitionm‘s : Atmaram Yadav & omers Vm‘sus RPSpomicm Special Arsa Development Autherity 8v, another and Wrh Petition N0. 900/ 1996 Pt‘t i1 i0 I 1 (“1‘s : Ravi Shankar Devangan 8n another Vcmus Spacial Alta Development Authority 8r. another Respondent single Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Satish K. Agihotri Shri Ashi5h Shrivastava, counsel for the Politionem. Shri Sanjay K. Agrawal, counsel for the rtspondents ORAL ORDER (15m Fcbntan') 2006) } 1, [\(‘L‘oniing to Hw putitionem, tho pethionet‘s wore employed by tlw 11*slmndt'nts on t‘ontmgom'y basis betwoc‘n thc‘ period from 1985-86 on diffvnrnt dutcs. Admittmily, the potitionexs have been port‘onning tln~ir dutivxns‘. ’I‘nm‘ Kt-C‘per ever Since, till date. ’I'Iw pvtitionvm lmvc {Hod this petition secking a Writ in tho natm‘f‘ of inmndnums, din-Ming the rtspondents to regulaiizo the sen/ices of the pvtitionms on thv post of Timc‘ Keeper wef. their juniors m-rc n-gutmizcd, with all consequential benefits of seniority and monetzu)’ benefits lt is submitted h}; learned counsel for the petitioners that some iv'gutm posts of Time Keeper are still available rind the Ii’spmidr-nts have (‘xeatetl some posts of-Time Keeper, Position of vnt‘mitw as on 110, 10.2000 was ll. Shn' Sanjuy K. AgmwaL leanwd counsel appEaring for mc xf-spomk-nm, in 1ixcir return filed on 29.12000, has stated that in thc cstablisl'lment of the re$pondents, them were 11 sanctioywd posh; of Tiuw Km‘per and 9 time ke6pers were already working on iegular hnsis. He further submits that there is no regular post available for gulariymion of the sewices of the petitioners, who had admittedly been working mwr Since the date of their appointment, on contingency bnSiS. Since the petitioners have been working for more than 20 years on contingency basis without any break in their services, they have developed legitimate expectation of regularization in the service. It is Fleur from the facts of me ease that the respondent No. 2/Municipal Corporation, Korba requires the sen/ices of Time Keepers forever, the petitionem appointed on contingency basis are required on regular basis. For the reasons stated above, the respondent No. 2 is directed to consider the eases of the petitioners in WP. Nor 1 108/ 1996 and the petitioner No. '2 namely Rameshwar Pmsad Rathore in WPr No 00/1996 to regularize their services on the post looking to the availability of vacancies, in accordance with law, ln View of the foregoing, the writ petition stands disposed of No order as to costs Sd/— SATISH K. AGNIHOTRI Judge n' 9