IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL (1) Civil Misc. Writ Petition No.343(S/S) of 2001 (Old No. 25146 of 1999) Akhilesh Kumar ….. Petitioner Versus State of U.P. through Secretary Forest Department, U.P. and four Ors. …… Respondents (2) Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 344(S/S) of 2001 (Old No. 24966 of 1999) Gunanand Raturi ….. Petitioner Versus State of U.P. through Secretary Forest Department, U.P. and four Ors. …… Respondents (3) Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 346(S/S) of 2001 (Old No. 24952 of 1999) Balbir Singh ….. Petitioner Versus State of U.P. through Secretary Forest Department, U.P. and five Ors. …… Respondents (4) Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 2094(S/S) of 2001 (Old No. 32906 of 1999) Sudhir Singh ….. Petitioner Versus State of U.P. through Secretary Forest Department, U.P. and five Ors. …… Respondents (5) Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 2476(S/S) of 2001 (Old No. 24810 of 1999) Jai Pal ….. Petitioner Versus State of U.P. through Secretary Forest Department, U.P. and four Ors. …… Respondents (6) Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 4911(S/S) of 2001 Pitamber Dutt ….. Petitioner Versus State of U.P. through Secretary Forest Department, U.P. and four Ors. …… Respondents Hon'ble P.C. Verma, J. All the aforementioned writ petitions involve common question of law and also in these petitions similar relief of regularisation in the forest department has been claimed. These writ petitions are, therefore, taken up together and disposed of by a common judgment. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Standing Counsel. The petitioners claim themselves to be the daily wage employees in the forest department and covered by the decision given by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.3634 of 1998, State of U.P. and others versus Putti Lal. Learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Standing Counsel agree that direction may be given to the respondents to consider the cases of these petitioners din the light of the said judgment of the Apex Csourt and those of the petitioners who are covered by the said decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court be regularised and minimum of pay scale be also paid to them until their services are regularised. Let the necessary exercise be done within a period of six weeks. All the aforesaid petitions are disposed of accordingly. (P.C. Verma, J.) 04.09.2003 P.Singh