(1.) The petitioners who are casual labour engaged in Agricultural and Fruit Research Stations under the Control of A.P.Agricultural University have filed these Writ Petitions seeking for a direction to regularise their services. Though in Writ Petition No.3780 of 1988, the petitioners seek a further relief to promote them as Field Supervisors, this part of the prayer is not pressed before us.
(2.) In each of the cases, the respondents have furnished particulars regarding the number of days they worked during the period 1983 to 1995.
(3.) There are four petitioners in Writ Petition No.3780 of 1988. They were engaged as casual labour during the years 1983 and 1984 in Fruit Research Station at Sangareddy. They have the qualification of SSC. On the date of filing the Writ Petition, they were working as skilled farm-labour and they continue to work in that capacity till now. Except in the first year, right from 1984, petitioners 1, 2 and 4 worked for not less than 278 days in a year. On the average, these petitioners worked for about 300 days in a year. The third petitioner put in service of not less than 250 days, except during the years 1990 and 1994 when he worked for 211 days and 197 days respectively. They are getting wages at the rate of Rs.60.00 per day.