Bachcha Lal v. State of UP and 3 Others

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 13874 of 2024 Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J.

¶1Heard Sri Nikhil Chaturvedi, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri B.K. Srivastava, learned Standing Counsel, who appears for State-respondents.

¶2The counsel for the rival parties have made a joint statement that they do not propose to file any further affidavits thus with the consent of the parties, writ petition is being decided at the admission stage.

¶3The case of the writ petitioner is that he was engaged as a gardener in Rajkiya Paudhshala, Walipur Tata, Manjhanpur, District Kaushambi, under District Horticulture Officer, District Kaushambi on daily wage basis on

1.1.2008. The writ petitioner performed duties 26 days in a month except Sunday. However, after the period of approximately 4 years on 01.12.2011 without giving any notice, the fourth respondent, Incharge, Rajkiya Paudhshala, Walipur Tata, Manjhanpur, District Kaushambi dislodge the writ petitioner from his engagement in violation of Articles 14, 16, 21 of the Constitution of India. The writ petitioner got the matter referred before the labour court and thereafter the Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Uttar Pradesh, Prayagraj in Adjudication Case No. 53 of 2012 proceeded to pass an award which on 25.03.2021 which reads as under: "समक्ष पीठासीन अधिकारी, श्रम न्यायालय, उत्तर प्रदेश, प्रयागराज उपस्थिति श्री कर्ण सिंह चौहान पीठासीन अधिकारी अभिनिर्णय विवाद संख्या 53/2012 Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Nikhil Chaturvedi Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Bachcha Lal .....Petitioner(s) State Of Up And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) मैससर्-्र भारी,ा राजकीया पौधशालाा ्र ा०-वलीपुरा टाटा,ा कौशाम् बी,ा मंझनपुर,ा कौशाम् बीा तथाा उनके ा्र िमका्र ीाबच् चाालालापु्र ा्र ीारामाआसरेा्र ा०-बहादु रपुर,ापो०-चरया,ातह०-चायल,ा कौशाम् बीाके ामध् याउत् पन् नाऔद्य ोिगकािववाद। उपिस् थिता्र ितिनिध सेवायोजकाकीाओरासेा्र ीाकौशलेशा्र सादापटले ्र िमकाप्ष ाकीाओरासेा्र ीाअमृते्व रा्र सादाि्र पाठ? अिभिनणर्य उपा्र माय्तु ,ाउ०्र ०,ा9-मेयोारोडाइला०ाके ाप्र ासं०-6368ासी०पी०-ा23/2012ा(सं०)ा िद०:27-07-2012ा्व ाराािनम् निलिखताऔद्य ोिगकािववाद,ाउ०्र ०औद्य ोिगकािववादाअिधिनयमा 1947ाकीाधाराा4-के ,ाके ाअन् तगर्ता्र मान् यायालय,ा्र यागराजाकोाअिभिनणर्याहते ुा्र ेिषतािकयाा गया। औद्य ोिगकािववादाकाािववरण "क् याासेवायोजकों ा्व ाराासंबंिधता्र िमका्र ीाबच् चाालालापु्र ा्र ीारामाआसरेाकीासेवायेंािदनांका 01-12-2011ासेासमाप् तािकयााजानााउिचतातथा/अथवाावैधािनकाह?ै ायिदानहीं ातोासंबिन् धता ्र िमका क् याा िहतलाभ/अनुतोषा (िरलीफ)ा पानेा काा अिधकारीा ह?ै ा एवंा अन् या िकसा िववरणा सिहत? िववादाकाासं्ञ ानालेकराप्ष ााकोासम् मना/ानोिटसाभेजीागई।ाप्ष कारान् यायालयामेंाउपिस् थिता आएातथााअपने-अपनेाअिधकाराप्र ,ािलिखताकथन,ा्र ितउ्त राअिभलेखीयाएथामौिखकासाष् या ्र स् तुतािकये। ्र िमकाप्ष ानोटराइज् डाशपथाप्र ािदनाँका24-09-2012ा्व ारााकथनाहाै िकावहाराजकीया पौधशालाावलीपुर,ाटाटा,ाकौशाम् बीामेंामालीाके ापदापरािदनांका01-01-2008ाकोािनयोिजता हु आाथाातथाािनयोजनाकीाितिथासेािदनांका30-11-2011ािनरन् तराकायर् तारहा।ािदनांका01-12-2011ाकोाउ०्र ०ाऔद्य ोिगकािववादाअिधिनयमा1947ाकोा्र ािवधानों ाकाापालनािकएा िबनााउसेासेवाासेापृथकाकरािदयाागया।ा्र ित्ठ ानामेंाउसकााकायर्ानसर् ीातैयाराकरनेाहते ुापानीा लगाना,ािनराई,ागुडाई,ाछटाईाआिदाकरनााथा।ा्र ित्ठ ानामेंाआवश् यकतानुसारावादीा्र िमकावा अन् यादैिनकावेतनाभोगीामजदू रािनयोिजतािकएाजातेारहाे ह,ैं ािजनकीाउपिस् थितामस् टरारोलापरा होतीाथीाऔराउनकोावेतनाकााभुगतानामस् टरारोलापराहीाहोतााथा।ावादीाकोाकभीाभीावेतना समयासेानहीं ािमलतााथा।ावादीाकाावेतनामाहाफरवरी,ा2011ासेाअगस् त,ा2011ातकाकाा बकायााहोागयााथा,ािजसके ाकारणावादीावेतनाभुगतानाअिधिनयमा1936ाके ाअन् तगर्ताअपनेा बकायाावेतनाहते ुास्ष मा्र ािधकारीाके ासम्ष ाताराा्र स् तुतािकयााथा।ाउ्त ाबादामेंावादीानेाशासना ्व ाराािनधार्िरतान् यूनतमावेतनाके ाआधारापरा्र ितवादीासेावेतनाकीामांगाकीाथी,ािजससेानाराजा होकरािदनांका01-12-2012ासेाउसकोासेवाएंासमाप् ताकरादी।ाबाध् याहोकराउसनेाऔद्य ोिगका िववादाअिधिनयमा1947ाकीाधाराा2ा(ए)ाके ाअन् तगर्तावादाउठाया,ाजोाअिभिनणर्याहते ुामा०ा न् यायालया कोा सम्ष ा ्र ेिषता िकयाा गया।ा उसकीा सेवाा समािप् ता सेा पूवर्ा औद्य ोिगका िववादा अिधिनयमाकीाधाराा6-एनाकाापालनानहीं ािकयाागयााऔरासेवाासमािप् ताकीाितिथासेावहा बेरोजगाराह।ै ावादीानेा्र ाथर्नााकीाहाै िकाउसेासेवाासमािप् ताकीाितिथासेासेवाामेंाबहालािकयेाजानेा कीाितिथातकाकाापणू र्ावेतनावािनरन् तरताासिहताबहालािकयेाजानेाकााआदेशािदयााजाए। सेवायोजकाकीाओरासेािदनाँका24-09-2012ाकोासशपथा्र ीारणिवजयािसह,ािजलााउद्य ाना अिधकारीा कौशाम् बीा काा कथना हाै िका वादीा ्र िमका कायर्ा कीा आवश् यकतानुसारा राजकीया पौधशाला,ाबलीपुराटाटााकौशाम् बीामेंािनराईागुडाईाकााकायर्ािकये,ािकन् तुावादीाकोाबतौरास् थाईा ्र िमकाके ारू पामेंाकभीािनयोिजतानहीं ािकयाागया।ावादीाराजकीयापौधशाला,ाबलीपुराटाटाा कौशाम् बीामेंावषर्ा2008ासेाजून,ा2011ातकादैिनकामजदू रीाके ाआधारापरानसर् ीामेंाकायर्ा िकया।ाजून,ा2011ाके ाबादाबादीाउ्त ानसर् ीामेंाकायर्ाकरनेानहीं ाआयेातथाािमथ् यााकथनाके ा आधारापरामुकदमेबाजीाकरनेालगेाऔरािवभागीयाअिधकािरयों ापरादबावाबनाकराअपनीािनयुि्त ा करानााचाहताे ह।ैं ाराजकीयापौधशालाामेंािनयिमताकायर्ाके ािलयेाथेाकमर्चारीािनयु्त ाह।ै ावादीा ्र िमकाउ्त ानसर् ीामेंामािसकािनयोिजतामजदू रानहीं ारहाे हाै औरानाहीाउन् हाें मािसकापािर्र िमका के ाआधारापराकभीािनयोिजतािकयाागयााऔराइसिलएावादीाकीासेवाासमािप् ताकरनेाकााकोईा औिचत् याह।ै ासेवायोजकाकाायहाभीाकथनाहाै िकाराजकीयापौधशाला,ाबलीपुराटाटा,ाकौशाम् बी,ा उ०्र ०ासरकाराके ाअधीनािवभागाह,ै ाजोालोकिहतामेंापौधातैयाराकरके ािबनाािकसीालाभाके ा सामािजकावािनकीाके ाकायर्ाकोा्र ोत् सािहताकरतीाह।ै ाउ्त ापौधशालाामेंाकम् पनीाएक् टाकीा ्य वस् थाा्र भावीानहीं ाह।ै ा्र ित्ठ ानामेंाकमर्चािरयों ाकीािनयुि्त ाउ०्र ०ासरकारा्व ारााबनाईागईा िनयमावलीाके ाअन् तगर्ताहोतीाहाै औराउनकाािनयं्र णाउ०्र ०ासरकाराकमर्चारीािनयुि्त ाएवंादण् डा िनयमावलीा1999ाके ाअधीनाहोता प्ष ों ानेाअपनेाअपनेा्र ितउ्त रामेंाएकादू सरेाके ाकथनाकाा्र ितवादाकरतेाहु येास् वयंाके ाकथनों ापरा बलादेतेाहु एाअपने-अपनेाकथनों ाकीापुनरावृि्त ाकीाह।ै ा्र ितउ्त रामेंािनयोजकाप्ष ानेातत् कालीना िजलााउद्य ानाअिधकारीाअखण् डा्र तापािसहानेा10-10-2012ाके ा्र स् तरा09ाएवंा10ामेंाकहाा िकापौधशालााकाारखरखावाउ०्र ०ासरकाराके ाउद्य ानािवभागा्व ाराािकयााजातााहाै तथााउसमेंा िनयु्त ाकमर्चारीाउ०्र ०सरकारा्व ारााबनायीागयीािनयमावलीाके ाअन् तगर्तािनयु्त ाहोतेाहाै औरा उ्त ा परा कारखानाा अिधिनयमा लागूा नहीं ा होताा ह।ै ा वादीा ना तोा उ०्र ०ा औद्य ोिगका िववादा अिधिनयमा1947ाकीाधाराा2(ए)ाके ाअन् तगर्तावकर् मैनाहाै औरानाहीाउद्य ानािवभागाकारखानााहाै इसिलयेावादीािकसीाअनुतोषाकाामुश् तहकानहीं ाहाै औरावादाउपरो्त ास्य यािनरस् ताहोनेायोग् या ह।ै ्र िमकाप्ष ाकीाओरासेासूचीा14-बी/2ाके ामाध् यमासेा09ाअिभलेखों ाकीाछाया-्र ितयाँा्र स् तुता कीागई,ािजन् हाें सेवायोजका्र ितिनिधा्व ाराास् वीकारािकएाजानेापरा्र दशर्ाडब् लू०-1ासेा्र दशर्ा डब् ल०ू -7ाके ारू पामेंा्र दिशतािकयाागया।ासेवायोजकाप्ष ाकीाओरासेासूचीा11ाबी/1ाके ामाध् यमा सेा39ाअिभलेखों ाकीाछाया्र ितयाँा्र स् तुताकीागई,ािजन् हाें ्र िमका्र ितिनिधा्व ाराास् वीकारािकएा जानेापरा्र दशर्ाई0-1ासेा्र दशर्ाई0-30ाके ारू पामेंा्र दिशतािकयाागया।ा्र िमकाप्ष ाकीाओरासेा वादीा्र िमका्र ीाबच् चाालालाडब् लू०ाडब् लू०-1ाकाासाष् या21-सी,ा्र ीासुरेन् ्र ाकु माराडब् लूडब् लू०-2ाकाासाष् या25-सीापरादजर्ािकयाागयाातथाासेवायोजका्र ितिनिधा्व ाराािजरहाकीागई।ा सेवायोजकाप्ष ाकीाओरा्र ीाबृजभानाई०डब् लू०-1ाकाासाष् या26-सीावा्र ीापंकजाकु मारा शुक् ल,ािजलााउद्य ानाअिधकारीाकाासाष् याई०ाडब् लू०-2ाके ारू पामेंा34-सीापरादजर्ािकयाागया,ा िजनसेा्र िमका्र ितिनिधा्व ाराािजरहाकीागई। वादासेासंबंिधता्र िमकामच् चाालालाडब् लू०ाडब् लू०-1ाकाासशपथामौिखकासाष् याहाै िकावहा राजकीयापौधशालााबलीपुराटाटााकौशाम् बीामेंाजनवरी,ा2008ासेामालीाके ापदाकाादैिनकावेतना भोगीाके ारू पामेंाकायर्ाकरतााथा।ाउसेािदनांका01-12-2011ासेाकायर्ासेापृथकाकरािदयाागया।ा कायर्ासेापृथकाकरनेासेापवू र्ाउसेानातोाएकामाहाकाानोिटसािदयाागयााऔरानाहीानोिटसाके ाबदलेा वेतनािदयाागया।ािजरहािकएाजानेापराउसनेास् वीकारािकयााहाै िकाउसकीाहािजरीामस् टरारोलापरा होतीाथीातथााभुगतानाभीामस् टरारोलापराहीा्र ाप् ताकरायााजातााथा।ाउसनेायहाभीास् वीकारा िकयााहाै िकाउसेामाचर्,ा2011ातकाकीामजदू रीाउसेा्र ाप् ताहोागईाहाै तथाावेतनाभुगताना अिधिनयमाके ाअन् तगर्तावादालगानेाके ाप्च ात्ामाहाअ्र ैल,ा2011ासेाजून,ा2011ातकाकीा मजदू रीा्र ाप् ताकरनेाहते ुािनयोजकों ा्व ारााप्र ाभेजाागयााथा,ािकन् तुान् यूनतम्ावेतनासेाकमामजदू रीा होनेाके ाकारणावहालेनेानहीं ागयााथा।ा्र िभ्त ाके ादू सरेागवाहानेाअपनेाबयानामेंाबतायाािकावहा राजकीयापौधशालााबिलपुराटाटा,ाकौशाम् बीामेंामालीाके ापदापराकायर्ाकरतााह।ै ायहाभीावषर्ा 2008ासेामालीाकााकायर्ाकरारहााह।ै ाउसनेाअपनेाबयानामेंायहास् वीकारािकयााहाै िकाजबावहा वषर्ा2008ामेंामालीाकााकायर्ाकरनेाहते ुाआया,ातोावादीाबच् चाालालामालीाकााकायर्ाकरारहाे थे।ा वादीा्र िमकाबच् चाालालाकोासेवाासेािनकालेाजानेाके ाबादाकायर्ापरानहीं ािलयाागया।ािजरहामेंा जसनेायहास् वीकारािकयााहाै िकाबच् चाालालास् थाईाकमर्चारीानहीं ाथे,ाबिल् काआवश् यकताापड़ नेा परावादीाकोाबुलायााजातााथा। सेवायोजकाकीाओरासेा्र ीाबृजालाल,ामालीाई०डब् लू०-1ाकाासाष् याहाै िकायहाराजकीया पौधशालााकौशाम् बीामेंामालीाके ापदापराकायर् ताह।ै ापौधशालाामेंाकायर्ाअिधकाहोाजानेापरा अितिर्त ा्र िमकादैिनकावेतनाभोगीाके ारू पामेंारखेाजातेाह।ैं ावादीा्र िमकाके ारू पामेंावषर्,ा2008ा सेावषर्,ा2011ातकाकायर्ािकएाह,ैं ािकन् तुालगाताराकायर्ानहीं ािकया,ाबिल् काआवश् यकताापड़ नेा परा्र िगकाकीाअनुमितािवभागा्व ाराा्र ाप् ताहोनेापराउन् हाें कायर्ाके ािलएाबुलायााजातााथा।ावादीा कोान् यूनतम्ावेतनारु ०ा100/-ा्र ितिदनामजदू रीािदयााजातााथा।ावादीाकीाहािजरीामस् टरारोलापरा होतीाथी।ािजरहामेंाउसनेास् वीकारािकयााहाै िकावादीानेान् यूनतम्ावेतनाअिधिनयमाके ाअन् तगर्ताउपा ्र माय्तु ाके ायहााँ वादालगायााथा।ाकहाािकायहाकहनाागलताहाै िकावादीाकोाउपरो्त ाकारणों ासेा नौकरीासेाहटाािदयाागयााथा।ासेवायोजकाके ादू सरेागवाहा्र ीापंकजाकु माराशुक् लाई०डब् लू०-2ा िजलााउद्य ानाअिधकारीाकाासाष् याहाै िका्र ित्ट ानामेंा03ामालीाके ापदासृिजताह।ै ासमूहा"घ"ाकाा पद,ािजसमेंामाली,ाचपरासीाआतेाह,ैं ाकीािनयुि्त ाउ०्र ०ाशासनाके ासमूहा"घ"ाकीािनयमावलीा के ाअन् तगर्ताहोतीाह।ै ावादीा्र िमकावषर्,ा2008ासेावषार् 2011ातकाआवश् यकतानुसाराकायर्ापरा मस् टरारोलापरालगायााजातााथा।ािजरहामेंाउन् हों नेास् वीकारािकयााहाै िका्र ित्ठ ानामेंा03ापदा मालीाकाासृिजताह।ै ासमूहा"घ"ािनयमावलीा1991ाके ाअन् तगर्तािविनयिमितकरणािकयाागयाा ह।ै ावादीा्र िमकाकाािविनयिमितकरणामेंानामानहीं ाथा।ावादीाकीाउपिस् थितामस् टरारोलापरा अंिकताहोतीाह।ै ाबादीाकोामजदू रीाकााभुगतानानसर् ीामदासेािकयााजातााह।ै ामनरेगााहते ुाजोा बजटािमलतााह,ै ावहािजलािधकारीा्व ारााअनुमोिदताहोतााह।ै उभयाप्ष ों ाके ािव्व ानाअिधकृ ता्र ितिनिधयों ा्व ाराा्र स् तुतातकर् /बहसातथााप्र ावलीापराउपलब् धा अिभलेखों ाकाासष्ू मतःासेागंभीरतापूवर्काअवलोकनािकयाागया। ्र िमकाप्ष ाकाातकर् ाहाै िकावहाराजकीयापौधशालाावलीपुर,ाटाटा,ाकौशाम् बीामेंामालीाके ापदापरा िदनांका01-01-2008ाकोािनयोिजताहु आाथाातथाािनयोजनाकीाितिथासेािदनांका30-11-2011ािनरन् तराकायर् तारहा।ािदनांका01-12-2011ाकोाउ०्र ०ाऔद्य ोिगकािववादाअिधिनयमा 1947ाके ा्र ािवधानों ाकाापालनािकएािबनााउसेासेवाासेापृथकाकरािदयाागया।ा्र ित्ठ ानामेंा उसकााकायर्ानसर् ी,ातैयाराकरनेाहते ुापानीालगाना,ािनराई,ागुड़ ाई,ाछटाईाआिदाकरनााथा।ा ्र ित्ठ ाना मेंा आवश् यकतानुसारा वादीा ्र िमका वा अन् या दैिनका वेतना भोगीा मजदू रोा के ा साथा िनयोिजतािकएाजाताे रहाे हाैं िजनकीाउपिस् थितामस् टरारोलापराहोतीाथीाऔराउनकोावेतनाकाा भुगतानामस् टरारोलापराहीाहोतााथा।ावादीाकोाकभीाभीावेतनासमयासेानहीं ािमलतााथा।ावादीा काावेतनामाहाफरवरी,ा2011ासेाअगस् त,ा2011ातकाकााबकायााहोागयााथा,ािजसके ाकारणा वादीावेतनाभुगतानाअिधिनयमा1936ाके ाअन् तगर्ताअपनेाबकायाावेतनाहते ुास्ष मा्र ािधकारीाके ा सम्ष ावादा्र स् तुतािकयााथा।ाउ्त ावादामेंावादीानेाशासना्व ाराािनधािर् रतान् यूनतमावेतनाके ाआधारा परा्र ितवादीासेामांगाकीाथी.ािजससेानाराजाहोकरािदनांका01-12-2012ासेाउसकीासेवाएंा समाप् ताकरादी।ाबाध् याहोकराउसनेाऔद्य ोिगकािववादाअिधिनयमा1947ाकीाधाराा2ा(ए)ाके ा अन् तगर्तावादाउठाया,ाजोाअिभिनणर्याहते ुामा०ान् यायालयाके ासम्ष ा्र ेिषतािकयाागया।ाउसनेा ्र त् यके ाकै लेण् डरावषर्ामेंा240ािदनासेाअिधकाकायर्ािकयााह,ै ािजसकाा्र माणा्र दशर्ाडब् लू०-1ा लगाय्त ा4ासेाह।ै ाउसेासेवाासमािप् तासेापूवर्ाऔद्य ोिगकािववादाअिधिनयमाकीाधाराा6-एनाकाा पालनानहीं ािकयाागयााऔरासेवाासमािप् ताकीाितिथासेावहाबेरोजगाराह।ै ावादीानेा्र ाथर्नााकीाहाै िकाउसेासेवाासमािप् ताकीाितिथासेासेवाामेंाबहालािकयेाजानेाकीाितिथातकाकााबेकारीाअविधा काापणू र्ावेतनावािनरन् तरताासिहतासेवाामेंाबहालािकयेाजानेाकााआदेशािदयााजाए। सेवायोजका काा तकर् ा हाै िका वादीा ्र िमका कायर्ा कीा आवश् यकतानुसारा राजकीया पौधशाला,ा बलीपुराटाटा,ाकौशाम् बीामेंािनराईागुडाईाकााकायर्ािकये।ावादीाराजकीयापौधशाला,ाबलीपुराटाटा,ा कौशाम् बीामेंावषर्,ा2008ासेाजून,ा2011ातकादैिनकामजदू रीाके ाआधारापरानसर् ीामेंाकायर्ा िकया।ाजून,ा2011ाके ाबादावादीाउ्त ानसर् ीामेंाकायर्ाकरनेानहीं ाआयेातथाािमथ् यााकथनाके ा आधारापरामुकदमेबाजीाकरनेालगेाऔरािवभागीयाअिधकािरयों ापरादबावाबनाकराअपनीािनयुि्त ा करानााचाहताे ह।ै ाराजकीयापौधशालाामेंािनयिमताकायर्ाके ािलयेाकमर्चारीािनयु्त ाह।ै ावादीा ्र िमकाउ्त ानसर् ीामेंामािसकािनयोिजतामजदू रानहीं ारहाे हाै औरानाहीाउन् हाें मािसकापािर्र िमका के ाआधारापराकभीािनयोिजतािकयाागयााऔरानावादीाकीासेवाासमाप् ताकरनेाकााकोईाऔिचत् या ह।ै ासेवायोजकाकाायहाभीाकथनाहाै िकाराजकीयापौधशाला,ाबलीपुराटाटा,ाकौशाम् बी,ाउ०्र ०ा सरकाराके ाअधीनािवभागाह,ै ाजोालोकिहतामेंापौधातैयाराकरके ािबनाािकसीालाभ.ासामािजका वािनकीाके ाकायर्ाकोा्र ोत् सािहताकरतीाह।ै ाउ्त ापौधशालाामेंाकम् पनीाएक् टाकीा्य वस् थाा्र भावीा नहीं ाह।ै ा्र ित्ठ ानामेंाकमर्चािरयों ाकीािनयुि्त ाउ०्र ०ासरकारा्व ारााबनाईागईािनयमावलीाके ा अन् तगर्ताहोतीाहाै औराउनकाािनयं्र णाउ०्र ०ासरकाराकमर्चारीािनयुि्त ाएंवादण् डािनयमावली,ा 1999ाके ाअधीनाहोतााह।ै ासवायोजकाके ाअिधकृ ता्र ितिनिधानेाअपनेातकर् ाकोाआगेाबढातेाहु येा कहाािकावषर्ा1999ामेंाजनपदाकौशाम् बीासृिजताहु आाथाातथाा्र ित्ठ ानामेंापदाभीासृिजतािकयेा गयेाथे। वस् तुतःासेवायोजका्व ाराादािखलामनरेगाासेासंबंिधताप्र जाता्र दशर्ाई-22ासेाई26ातकामेंावादीा मजदू राकाानामाअंिकताह,ै ािजससेायहाभीास् प्ट ाहोतााहाै िकावादीानेास् वयंावाअपनेापिरवाराके ा गरीबीारेखाासेानीचेाकााहोनेाके ाकारणाजाबाकाडर्ाके ाआधारापराजीिवकोपाजर्नाहते ुािदनाँका19-08-2010ासेा31-12-2010ातकामहात् माागाँधीारा्ट ्रीया्र ामीणारोजगारागारण् टीायोजना,ाके ा अन् तगर्तािवकासाखण् डाचायल,ाजनपद-कौशाम् बीाके ाअन् तगर्ताराजकीयापौधशालााबलीपुरटाटाा कौशाम् बीामेंाकायर्ािकयााह।ै ादैिनकावेतनाभोगीा्र िमकोाकोामजदू राके ारू पामेंायोजनान् तगर्तारखाा गयााथा।ासेवायोजका्व ाराायहास् प्ट ानहीं ािकयााजाासकाािकाएकावषार् मेंा240ािदनासेाअिधका कौन-कौनासेा्र िमकाकायर्ािकयेाऔरानाहीाउना्र िमकों ाकीासूचीादािखलाकीाह,ै ािजसमेंा िविनयिमितकरणाके ासमयाउसापरािवचारािकयाागयााहो।ायहाभीास् प्ट ानहीं ाकरासकें ािकािजलाा उद्य ानाकायालर् य,ाकौशाम् बीामेंामालीायाा्र िमकों ाके ाकु लािकतनेापदासृिजताह।ै ािजलााउद्य ाना अिधकारीानेाअपनेाबयानामेंायहास् वीकारािकयााहाै िकावादीा्र िमकावषर्,ा2008ासेावष,र् ा2011ा तकाआवश् यकतानुसारामस् टरारोलापराकायर्ािकयााह।ै ासेवायोजका्व ाराादािखलासूचीा11ाबी/1ा सेा्र ीाबच् चाालालासेासंबंिधतामस् टरारोला्र दशर्ाई0-01ालगायताई०-ाई0-20ाके ाअवलोकनासेा िविदताहोतााहाै िकावादीानेावषर्ा2008ासेाजून,ा2011ातका्र त् येकाकलेण् डरावषर्ाके ा्र त् येकामाहा मेंा26ािदनों ातकािनरन् तराकायर्ािकयााह।ै ाइसा्र कारावादीा्र त् येकाकलेण् डरावषर्ामेंा240ािदनों ासेा अिधकाकााकायर्ा्र ित्ठ ानामेंासेवारतारहतेाहु एािकयााह।ै ासेवायोजका्व ारााजबािविनयिमितकरणा कीाकायर्वाहीाकीाजाारहीाथी,ातोाउन् हाें ्र िमकों ाकीाविर्ठ ताातथााकायर्कालाके ाआधारापरा कायर् ता मस् टरा रोला कमर्चािरयों ा कीा िवभागीया िनदर्शानुसारा सूचीा बनाकरा िनयमानुसारा िविनयिमितकरणाकीाकायर्वाहीाकरते,ािकन् तुाउनके ा्व ाराानातोािविनयिमितकरणाहते ुातैयाराकीा गईासूचीा्र स् तुताकीाहाै औरानाहीायहास् प्ट ाकरासके ािकावादीाकाानामािविनयिमितकरणासूचीामेंा रखाागयााथाायाानहीं ।ावादीाके ान् यूनतमावेतनाकीामॉगासेासेवायोजकों ाकााअसंतु्ट ा/ािखन् नाहोनाा स् वाभािवकाह,ै ाइसिलएा्र कटतःाउसेापुनःाकायर्ापरािनयोिजतानहीं ािकयाागया।ावादीाकााअ्र ैल,ा 2011ासेाजून,ा2011ातकाकाापािर्र िमकाअभीाभीासेवायोजकाके ापासा्र स् तुताकथनों ातथाा अिभलेखानुसारा बकायाा ्र तीता होताा ह।ै ा सेवायांजकों ा ्व ाराा वादीा कीा सेवाा समािप् ता सेा पूवर्ा िनयमानुसाराऔद्य ोिगकािववादाअिधिनयमाकीाधाराा6-एनाकाापालनानहीं ािकयाागयााह।ै ा्र िमका नेास् प्ट तःािनयोजकाकीाअधीनताामेंाएकावषर्ासेाअिधकासमयातकाअनवरतासेवााकीाह,ै ाअत.ा िनयोजका्व ाराातबातकाछटनीानहीं ाकीाजानीाचािहएाजबातकामजदू राकोाएकामाहाकीािलिखता नोिटसािजसमेंाछटनीाकााकारणाउिल् लिखताहो,ानादेादीागयीाहोातथाानोिटसाकीाअविधाना समाप् ताहोागयीाहोाअथवाामजदू राकोाऐसीानोिटसाके ाबदलेामेंानोिटसाकीाअविधाकाावेतनाना िदयाागयााहो।ाइसके ासाथा्र त् येकावषार् मेंा06ामाहासेाअिधकाभागाके ािलयेावहापन् ्र हािदनों ाके ा औसतावेतनाके ासमक्ष ा्र ितकरा्र ाप् ताकरनेाहते ुाभीाअिधकृ ताथा।ावस् तुतःाइसा्र ािवधानाकाा िनयोजका्व ाराापालनानहीं ािकयाागया। उपरो्त ािववेचनााके ाआधारापरामेंाइसािनष् कषार् परापहु चँ तााहू ाँ िकावादीा्र िमका्र ीाबच् चाालाला पु्र ारामाआसरेाकीासेवायेंािदनाँका01-12-2011ासेासमाप् तािकयााजानााउिचतातथा/अथवाा वैधािनकानहीं ाह।ै ावादीासेवाासमािप् ताकीाितिथासेाअिभिनणर्या्र काशनाकीाितिथातकासेवाामेंा रहताे हु एायथावतादैिनकामजदू रीा्र ाप् ताकरता,ाकोावतर्माना(दैिनकामजदू रीाकीादरासे)ावेतनापानेा कााअिधकारीाहोगा।ासेवायोजकोाकोािनदर्िशतािकयााजातााहाै िकावहावादीाकोासेवाामेंावतर्माना दैिनकामजदू रीादरापरापुनर्सथािपताकरतेाहु एािनयगानुसारािवभागीयािनदर्शोाके ाअनुरू पापा्र ताा पायेाजानेापरािर्त ापदापरािविनयिमितकरणािकयेाजानेापरािवचाराकरें। (कणर्ािसहाचौहान) पीठासीना अिधकारी"

¶4Questioning the said award, the respondents herein preferred Writ-C No.1777 of 2022 (State of U.P. and 3 others v. Presiding Officer Labour Court and 2 others) which came to be dismissed on 13.07.2023, order whereof is quoted hereinunder: "Heard learned Standing Counsel for the State and Mr. Nikhil Chaturvedi, learned Counsel for the respondents. By means of this present writ petition, the petitioners have assailed the award dated 26.03.2021 passed by the Presiding Officer, Labour Court, U.P., Prayagraj in Adj. Case No.53/2012 (Bachha Lal Vs. Incharge, Rajkiya Paudhshala, Kaushambi and another) as well as notice dated

11.11.2021 issued by the Deputy Labour Commissioner, Prayagra in R.D. Case No.01/2021 by which the the respondent no.3 has been reinstated as daily-wager labour. Learned Standing Counsel submits that the respondent no.3 was working as a gardner on daily-wager basis from 2008 to 2011 as and when required and was paid for the period for which he had worked at the Rajkiya Paudhshala. He further submits that the respondent no. 3 was never appointed in the Rajkiya Paudhshala against any substantive post on daily-wager basis. The respondent no.3 of its own has left the job in the month of June, 2011 and have never returned for work in the Rajkiya Paudhshala. He further submits that before the court below, respondent no.3 has not filed any document to show that he has worked for more than 240 days in a calendar year. He further submits that findings recorded by the court below in the impugned order are perverse and without any material. He further submits that the direction for reinstatement of the respondent no.3 is wrong and accordingly prays for allowing the present writ petition. Rebutting to the said submission, counsel for the respondents submits that it is an admitted fact that the respondent no.3 was working as a gardner with the petitioners on daily wager basis from 01 January, 2008 to 31 June, 2011, but without issuing any notice, stopped the taking work from the respondent no.3 and therefore, rightly took the reference under Section 6N of U.P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. He further submits that the respondent no.3 has worked continuously without any break with the petitioners more than 240 days in a calendar year as required under Section 2G of the U.P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. He further submits that it is not in dispute that the petitioners has worked 240 days as it has been admitted by the petitioners who have filed the muster roll before the court below which clearly shows that respondent no.3 has worked 26 days in a month. The said findings recorded in the impugned order have not been challenged by the petitioners in the present petition and prays for allowing the present petition. Heard counsel for the parties and perused the record. Admittedly, the respondent no.3 was engaged as a gardner in the Government Paudhshala and worked from 2008 till 2011. The respondent no.3 was paid on daily-wager basis and the payments were made which reflects from the muster roll filed by the petitioners before the court below. The court below on perusal of the muster roll has recorded the clear finding that the respondent no.3 worked in a month for 26 days without any break and therefore, held that the respondent no.3 worked for more than 240 days in a calendar year. The finding recorded in the order dated 26.03.2021 has not been challenged by the petitioner. Once finding of fact in favour of respondent no.3 has not been challenged in the present writ petition, no interference is called for in the impugned order. In view of the aforesaid facts and findings of the present petition, the impugned order is correct and does not call for any interference of this Court. Accordingly, the petition is hereby dismissed."

¶5According to the learned counsel for the writ petitioner, the said order had attained finality. Thereafter the writ petitioner was accorded reinstatement by the District Horticulture Officer, District Kaushambi, respondent no. 3 on

20.12.2023 and the writ petitioner assumed the charge on 22.12.2023 and backwages have also paid to the writ petitioner on 25.03.2024. Since the writ petitioner's case for regularisation and payment of minimum of the minimum pay scale in terms of the judgement in Sabha Shanker Dube v. Divisional Forest Officer and others; (2019) 12 SCC 297 was not being accorded the same led to filing of the present petition.

¶6This Court entertained the petition on 06.09.2024 and sought response.

¶7A counter affidavit came to be filed by the first respondent by the Principal Secretary, Department of Horticulture and Food Processing, Government of U.P. dated 28.09.2024 and a supplementary counter affidavit filed on behalf of respondent nos. 1, 2 and 3.

¶8Learned counsel for the writ petitioner has sought to argue that once the termination order dated 01.12.2011 came to be declared to be illegal by the Labour Court against which the writ petition came to be dismissed holding that the writ petitioner was a daily wager then the writ petitioner is entitled to be considered for regularisation and also minimum of the pay scale. Submission is that the writ petitioner had been working on daily wage basis from 01.01.2008 till 30.11.2011 and his engagement came to be ceased on

01.12.2011 and the Labour Court accorded reinstatement to the writ petitioner by virtue of the award dated 26.03.2021 along with the back wages and the back wages came to be paid to the writ petitioner and the writ petitioner, post dismissal of the petition so preferred by the respondents questioning the award passed by the Labour Court was reinstated in service on 20.12.2023 then the entire period from 01.01.2008 till the reinstatement is to be taken into consideration for the purposes of computing the period for regularization as well as for payment of minimum of the pay scale in the light of the judgement in Sabha Shanker Dube (supra).

¶9Sri B.K. Srivastava, learned Standing Counsel on the basis of the averments made in the counter affidavit and the supplementary counter affidavit has submitted that the writ petitioner is not entitled to be considered for regularization, particularly, when the writ petitioner's engagement was purely on the basis of the availability of the work in the department and his status of casual labour and thus he had no lien against the post provided under Rule 9(13) of Clause II to IV, Part-II of the Financial Handbook and further the rules by the name of Uttar Pradesh (Outside the Purview of U.P. Public Service Commission) Group 'C' and Group 'D' Posts, Regularization Rules, 2016 according to him, the said rule does not apply to the writ petitioner as he was engaged purely only on the basis of the availability of work in the department adorning of the status of the casual labour. He further submits that the writ petitioner cannot be said to be a daily wager and further the cut of date so mentioned in Rule 6 being 31.12.2001 being the date from when the daily wager is to be engaged till the enforcement of the Rule. Contention is that the writ petitioner, as per his own saying, was engaged on 01.01.2008 i.e. much beyond the Rules. Further submission is that the writ petitioner is not entitled to payment of minimum of the pay scale as he is not completed the required engagement. Reliance has been placed upon the judgement in Secretary, Karnataka State v. Uma Devi;

(2006) 4 SCC 1.

¶10I have heard learned counsel for the parties and gone through the records carefully.

¶11Apparently, against the termination of the services on 01.12.2011, the writ petitioner approached the Labour Court and the Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Uttar Pradesh, Prayagraj in Adjudication Case No. 53 of 2011 declared the termination order dated 01.12.2011 as illegal and accorded reinstatement and directed the case of the writ petitioner to be considered for regularization. In the award itself a finding has been recorded by the Labour Court that the writ petitioner had worked for 26 years in a month and he was a daily wager after perusing the muster roll. The award of the Labour Court was subject matter of challenge by the respondents in Writ-C No. 1777 of 2022 and the said petition came to be dismissed on 13.07.2023 affirming the award of the Labour Court.

¶12Plainly and simply, the finding so recorded by the Labour Court that the writ petitioner was a daily wager came to be endorsed by this Court in a writ petition preferred by the respondents herein.

¶13On a pointed query being raised to the learned Standing Counsel whether the order passed in writ petition has been put to challenge, the answer is in 'Negative'.

¶14Importantly, in the award of the Labour Court, it has been recited that the writ petitioner was performing the duties on daily wage basis since

01.01.2008 till 30.11.2011 and his services stood terminated on 01.12.2011 and post reference being made by the appropriate Government to the Labour Court award came to be passed in favour of the writ petitioner declaring the termination to be illegal and according reinstatement on 26.03.2021, however, post dismissal of the Writ-C No. 1777 of 2022 on 13.07.2023, the writ petitioner was reinstated in service by virtue of the order dated

20.12.2023 on 22.12.2023 and he was accorded back wages.

¶15In paragraph-9 of the writ petition, the following has been asserted as under: "9. That thereafter on 22.12.2023 the petitioner rejoined the service according to award dated 26.3.2021. The back wages of the petitioner was also paid by the respondent on 25.3.2024."

¶16To which stands reply by a counter affidavit filed by the respondents in para-11, which reads as under: "11. That the contents of paragraph no. 9 of the writ petition are not admitted in the manner, as stated hence denied. In reply thereto, it is submitted that the petitioner was never reinstated in service, rather in compliance of orders passed by the Hon'ble court he was permitted to work in the department as casual labour and in compliance of order dated 26.03.2021 of Labour court the government has issued a letter no. 09writ/58-2024-1779802 dated 01.02.2024, pursuance of which he was paid back wages."

¶17Once, it is apparent from the record that the writ petitioner was engaged on daily wage basis on 01.01.2008 and he worked till 30.11.2011. His services stood terminated on 01.12.2011, award came to be passed on

26.03.2021 declaring the termination order to be illegal according reinstatement, writ petition whereof stood dismissed and the writ petitioner was reinstated on 22.12.2023 then the writ petitioner is entitled for computation of the services from 01.01.2008 for grant of benefits.

¶18Now a further question arises as to whether the writ petitioner is entitled to the relief of regularisation or in terms of the 2016 Rules. As a matter of fact regularization is dependent upon the rules and an applicant in order to claim consideration is to come within the cut of date, eligibility and suitability.

¶19On a pointed query being raised to the learned counsel for the petitioner whether in terms of the 2016 Rules, the writ petitioner comes within the cut of date, Shri Nikhil Chaturvedi, learned counsel for the writ petitioner has fairly stated that as per the 2016 Rules so notified on 12.12.2016, the cut off date is 31.12.2001 but the petitioner engaged his post the said date on

01.01.2008, thus, he would be not considered for regularisation.

¶20Coming to the next issue being the payment of minimum pay scale in the light of the judgement of the Hon'ble Apex Court in Sabha Shanker Dube (supra), a conscious decision is to be taken by the respondents in that regard bearing in mind the services undergone by the petitioner and also the import, impact and the effect declaration of the termination order to be illegal and reinstatement of the petitioner in that regard.

¶21As regard, the judgement in the case of Secretary, Karnataka State v. Uma Devi(supra) is concerned, there is no quarrel to the proposition of law but here in the present case, the claim of the petitioner for minimum of the pay scale is to be considered as per the Government orders issued from time to time.

¶22Shri B.K. Srivastava, learned Standing Counsel at this juncture submits that the claim of the writ petitioner needs adjudication at the first instance by the second respondent, Director, Horticulture & Food Processing, U.P., Lucknow.

¶23To such a submission, learned counsel for the petitioner has no objection and he gracefully accepts the same.

¶24Considering the submissions of the rival parties as well as stand taken by them, the writ petition is being disposed off granting liberty to the writ petitioner to prefer a comprehensive representation along with the self-attested copy of the writ petition before the second respondent, who shall on the receipt of the same within a period of two weeks, proceed to decide the claim of the petitioner strictly in accordance with law within a period of two months from the date of presentation of the certified copy of the order. In case the second respondent is of the opinion that the matter is to be decided by some other authorities then the papers shall be transmitted to the same.

¶25With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is disposed off. March 19, 2026 Ashu (Vikas Budhwar,J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad