CWP No. 13217 of 1993 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh CWP No. 13217 of 1993 Date of decision: 12.7.2011 Lachhman Dass ......Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others .......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.H.C.Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Deepak Jindal, DAG, Haryana. Mr.R.S.Tacoria, Advocate, for respondent No.3. **** SABINA, J. The petitioner has filed this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the resolution dated 9.6.1992 (Annexure P-2) passed by the Municipal Committee whereby his services were terminated. Case of the petitioner, as stated in the petition, in brief, is that he was recruited as Pipe Fitter on daily wage basis by respondent No.2. A decision was taken by the State that employees working under the Municipal committees in the State of Haryana would be absorbed by the Public Health Department vide letter dated CWP No. 13217 of 1993 2 dated 23.4.1992 (Annexure P-1). Respondent No.3 in order to accommodate some other persons terminated the services of the petitioner vide resolution dated 9.6.1992. Hence, the writ petition. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the impugned resolution had been passed without any notice to the petitioner. In terms of the decision taken by the State, the employees of the municipal committee including daily wage workers were to be absorbed in the Public Health Department after the duties and responsibilities of the Municipal Committees were conferred on the Public Health Department w.e.f. 2.4.1993. Learned counsel for respondent No.3, on the other hand, has submitted that the petitioner was merely a Daily Wage worker and his services could be terminated at any time. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, I am of the opinion that the instant petition is devoid of any merit and deserves to be dismissed. The resolution, vide which the services of the petitioner were terminated (Annexure P-2), reads as under:- "The members who were present in the meeting expressed their disatisfaction over the behaviour of Sh.Lachhman Das, Pipe Fitter, Municpal Committee, Assandh, Besides this, the President also apprised the House that in reality the behaviour of Sh.Lachhman Das was not proper, and that on many occasions, he himslf had found the said employee misbehaving with the general public, and his orders were also ignored. The CWP No. 13217 of 1993 3 members present in the meeting also brought to the notice (of the house) that this employee had given many illegal connections at his own level, which had actually caused loss to the Municpal Committee. Keeping the total circumstances in view, the service of Sh.Lachhman Das, who is working on daily wages, as a Pipe Fitter, be terminated." Thus, the services of the petitioner were terminated as he was found misbehaving with general public and was ignoring the orders passed by the Secretary Municipal Committee. The petitioner was also found to have given illegal connections at his own level. Since the petitioner was merely working as a daily wager, his services could have been dispensed with without resorting to the procedure for termination of services of regular employees. In these circumstances, no ground for interference by this Court is made out. Accordingly, this petition is dismissed. (SABINA) JUDGE July 12, 2011 anita