RANBIR SINGH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Petitioners are part-time workers. They have prayed for regularisation of their services and for quashing of the impugned order by which they have been held to be ineligible for the post. The petitioners have joined the services on part-time basis on the posts of Sweeper and Kahar in the years 1985, 1986 and 1987. A Division Bench of this Court in Writ Petition No. 15602 of 1997, - Mange Ram and others v. State of Haryana and others and other connected matters decided on 24.2.1998 gave directions to the respondents to draw up a policy regarding regularisation. A copy of the judgment annexed as Annexure P-3, reads as under :-

(2.) In view of the aforesaid judgment, the Government issued instructions dated 1.2.1999, copy of which has been annexed as Annexure P-4. Vide memo dated 30.12.1998/25.2.1999, the respondents had issued further instructions. As per the instructions dated 1.2.1999, it has been directed that whenever a Group "D" post became available in the same institution/office of the State Government, where a part time employee is working and has completed at least five years continuous service on the date of issue of these instructions, he shall be given preference for being considered for regular appointment against the post. There are three conditions embodied in the said instructions, which are as under :-

(3.) The subsequent part of the instructions is regarding continuation of the existing policy regarding appointment of part-time workers and it has been directed that if necessary, such jobs should be got done through contractual agreement with private agencies. Annexure P-4 is regarding regularisation of part-time class-IV employees. Agsint regular sanctioned vacant posts, the condition embodied in the same are as under:-