Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Aug 3: In a major relief to the hundreds of daily wagers in Forest Department, High Court today directed the authorities to consider their case for regularization of services.
Hearing a petition filed by about 148 daily wagers working in the Forest Department since 1992-93 who seek regularization of their services in pursuance of SRO 64 of 1994 as having completed seven years continuous services on as March, 31 1994, Court directed the authorities to consider their claim for regularization.
“The respondents are directed to accord fresh consideration to the case of the petitioners for the regularization of their services in the respondent department expeditiously, preferably within a period of two months from the date the certified copy of this order is made available to them by the petitioners”, Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey directed.
The petitioners submit that their case for regularization was not considered by the respondents in tune with the mandate of SRO 64 of 1994,resulting into filing of number of representations before the concerned authorities for redressal of their grievances, but the same did not find any favour from the authorities, constrained them to approach the Court through the medium of various writ petitions, which on consideration of the court, were disposed of with the direction to the respondents to consider the representations filed by the petitioners within a period of four weeks.
However the claim of the petitioners for regularization of their services has been rejected by passing of rejection order which the petitioners challenged.
Court on rejecting the claim of petitioners for regularization of their services said, there is nothing on record which would show that the petitioners, at any stage, have been associated with such enquiries so as to avoid the allegation of violation of principles of natural justice. “This ground, alone, renders the impugned orders unsustainable in the eyes of law”, reads the judgments.
“Our country, generally, and our State in particular aims at the goal of achieving a welfare State where everyone is/ has to be, as far as possible, looked after. The principles of natural justice are imbibed from the Constitution itself. These are of paramount importance and nobody can be condemned unheard”, reads the judgment.
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