IN THE HIGH COURT OR UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Civil Writ Petition No. 1264 of 2001 (S/S) (Old No. 13659 of 1994) 1. Kaushal Vir Singh S/o Sri Mahendra Pratap Singh 2. Vinod Kumar S/o Sri Prem Chand 3. Subhash Chand S/o late Sri Shyam Lal …………. Petitioners Versus 1. Union of India through Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Shram Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi. 2. Director National Institute of Hydrology Jal Vigyan Bhawan, Roorkee. 3. Administrative Officer National Institute of Hydrology, Jal Bhawan, Roorkee. …………….. Respondents None for the petitioner. Mrs. Anjali Bhargava, Central Govt. Counsel for the respondents. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. None present for the petitioner. Learned Central Government Counsel is present for the respondents. 2) By means of this writ petition, the petitioners, who were working as Technical Assistants on a consolidated salary of Rs. 2,000/-, with the respondent National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 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 not 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 if any, stands vacated. (All pending applications in this Petition also stand disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. : December 07, 2006 H.Negi