WP(C) 2478/2009 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMITAVA ROY The petitioner who is presently engaged as a Safai Karmachari in the off ice of the Government Pleader, Goalpara is before this Court seeking a direction for payment of minimum wages as sanctioned for the similarly placed employees o f the State Government. According to her, she had been engaged in the above capa city from 1.12.2005 and is rendering her services at a paltry fixed remuneration of Rs. 150/- per month. She claims to be placed at par with the similarly situa ted employees of the Government of Assam for whom the monthly fixed pay has been enhanced to Rs. 2500/- per month with effect from 1.3.2006. The respondent No.2, the Deputy Commssioner, Goalpara in his affidavit h as refuted the claim of the petitioner on the ground that she having been appoin ted against the norms applicable therefor by the Government Pleader, Goalapra, t he State Government has no responsibility of releasing to her the monthly fixed pay accorded for its similarly placed employees. It has been stressed upon that the appointing authority is the Deputy Commissioner of a district and that as th e petitioner had been engaged by the Government Pleader, Goalpara on his own ter ms, she has no right in law to claim parity with the other casual workers/ Safai Karmacharis in the State service. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and on a consideration of the pleadings on record, this Court is left disinclined to issue the directi on as sought for. As admittedly the petitioner has been engaged by the Governmen t Pleader, Goalpara without reference to any process envisaged in law therefor, any direction to strike parity in pay with the similarly situated employees in t he State Roll is impermissible. This petition, therefore, is dismissed. Notwithstanding the above, having regard to the strata of the society to which the petitioner belongs, it is provided that if she applies for employment as a Safai Karmachari or in any other capacity commensurate to her qualificatio n before the Deputy Commissioner, Goalapara, he would cause the same to be scrut inized and take a decision in accordance with law. No costs.