IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT ANAINITAL Civil Writ Petition No. 463 of 2004 (S/S) 1. Kundan Singh S/o Sri Malak Singh 2. Kundan Singh S/o Sri Mangal Singh 3. Durga Singh S/o Sri Kanak Singh 4. Rajendra Singh S/o Sri Jai Singh 5. Darman Singh S/o Sri Bhagi Singh 6. Lokpal Singh S/o Sri Kharak Singh 7. Kushal Singh S/o Jauhar Singh 8. Praveen Singh S/o Sri Jai Singh 9. Karam Singh S/o Sri Chandra Singh ……………. Petitioners Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal through Secretary Civil Supply Department, Uttaranchal, Dehradun. 2. Regional Food Controller, Kumaon Region, Haldwani, Distt. Nainital. 3. District Magistrate Almora. 4. District Magistrate Bageshwar. 5. District Supply Officer, Almora / Bageshwar. ……………… Respondents Mr. V.B.S. Negi, learned counsel for the petitioners. Mr. Harendra Belwal, learned Standing Counsel for the State. Hon’ble Prafulla Pant, J. Learned counsel for the parties are present. 2 2) By means of this writ petition, the petitioners, who are Palledars engaged on daily wages with the Civil Supplies Department of the State, have sought their regularization in service. 3) In view of the principle of law laid down in Secretary State of Karnataka Vs. Uma Devi, reported in (2006) 4 Supreme Court Cases page 01, that daily wage workers or the persons employed without undergoing regular selection process under the rules, should no be directed to be absorbed or regularized in the service, against the Constitutional Scheme of public employment, this Court is not inclined to issue direction to regularise services of the petitioners. 4) Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed. Interim order dated 11.05.2004 stands hereby vacated. (All pending applications in this Petition also stand disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt.: December 13, 2006 H. Negi