RAM NATH SINGH Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This intra court appeal arises out of the judgment and order dated 8.5.2014 passed in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 36398 of 2007 (Ram Nath Singh and another Vs. State of U.P. and others) whereby the learned Single Judge has dismissed the writ petition.

(2.) The appellants are retired employees of Irrigation Department. The appellant no. 1 was retired in the year 2007 and appellant no. 2 was retired on 31.1.2009. Both of them have alleged that they have been denied the pensionary benefits as payable to a regular employee because their services were not regularised within time. The petitioners/appellants are claiming their regularisation since after expiry of 3 years from their initial appointments. The petitioners/appellants have further alleged that some employees of the department were benefited whereas they have been discriminated without any reason. The grievance of the petitioner is that despite the fact that a letter was issued by the Chief Engineer, Irrigation Department, U.P. to the effect that 'Work Charged" employees who have completed their continuous service as on 30.9.1998 shall be regularised as directed by the Apex Court in the case of State of Haryana Vs. Piara Singh, 1992 4 SCC 118 and Raj Narain Prasad Vs. State of U.P., 1998 8 SCC 473 decided on 18.1.1996 , nothing has been done by the respondents till date.

(3.) Aggrieved by the inaction of their employers, the appellants moved this Court by means of a writ petition praying for the following reliefs :