TMI Blog2006 (11) TMI 699X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ibed wages and thus, the amount of difference in wages of the said post and other benefits was directed to be paid. A writ petition was preferred thereagainst by the appellants before the High Court, which was also dismissed by a learned Single Judge, opining that no case had been made out to interfere therewith. Shri S.K. Dubey, learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants would contend that the impugned judgment cannot be sustained in view of the fact that the respondent, in law, was not entitled to be classified as a permanent employee under the provisions of Madhya Pradesh Industrial Relations Act, 1960. Strong reliance in this behalf was placed on State of Madhya Pradesh Ors. vs. Yogesh Chandra Dubey Ors. [(2006) 9 SCALE 73 : (2006) 8 SCC 67)]. It was urged that in any event the respondent should not have been directed to be held entitled to back wages from 1992. Mr. Ashok Mathur, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent, on the other hand, would submit :- (i) that the Special Leave Petition being barred by limitation, the delay in filing the same should not be condoned; (ii) as the certificates issued in fav ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... made in terms of the provisions of the Adhiniyam and the Rules framed thereunder, the respondent Authority was statutorily enjoined to make an offer of appointment in writing which was to be accepted by the appellants herein. Who made the appointments of the appellants to the project or other works carried on by the Authority is not known. Whether the person making an appointment had the requisite jurisdiction or not is also not clear. We have noticed hereinbefore that in the case of Om Prakash Mondloi, the CEO made an endorsement to the effect that he may be tried in daily wages and should be entrusted with the work of progress collection of ODA work. The said order is not an offer of appointment by any sense of the term. It was further opined : The Standing Orders governing the terms and conditions of service must be read subject to the constitutional limitations wherever applicable. Constitution being the suprema lex, shall prevail over all other statutes. The only provision as regards recruitment of the employees is contained in Order 4 which merely provides that the manager shall within a period of six months, lay down the procedure for recruitment of empl ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ed to work for ten years or more but without the intervention of orders of the courts or of tribunals. The question of regularisation of the services of such employees may have to be considered on merits in the light of the principles settled by this Court in the cases abovereferred to and in the light of this judgment. In that context, the Union of India, the State Governments and their instrumentalities should take steps to regularise as a one-time measure, the services of such irregularly appointed, who have worked for ten years or more in duly sanctioned posts but not under cover of orders of the courts or of tribunals and should further ensure that regular recruitments are undertaken to fill those vacant sanctioned posts that require to be filled up, in cases where temporary employees or daily wagers are being now employed. The process must be set in motion within six months from this date. We also clarify that regularisation, if any already made, but not sub judice, need not be reopened based on this judgment, but there should be no further bypassing of the constitutional requirement and regularising or making permanent, those not duly appointed as per the constitutional sche ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... pplications. The Recruitment Rules were not followed. Even the Selection Committee had not been properly constituted. In view of the ban on employment, no recruitment was permissible in law. The reservation policy adopted by the appellant had not been maintained. Even cases of minorities had not been given due consideration. The Constitution Bench thought of directing regularisation of the services only of those employees whose appointments were irregular as explained in State of Mysore v. S.V. Narayanappa, R.N. Nanjundappa v. T. Thimmiah and B.N. Nagarajan v. State of Karnataka wherein this Court observed: [ Umadevi (3) case 1 , SCC p.24, para 16] 16 . In B.N. Nagarajan v. State of Karnataka this Court clearly held that the words 'regular' or 'regularisation' do not connote permanence and cannot be construed so as to convey an idea of the nature of tenure of appointments. They are terms calculated to condone any procedural irregularities and are meant to cure only such defects as are attributable to methodology followed in making the appointments. Judged by the standards laid down by this Court in the aforementioned decisions, the appointments o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... pondent. Our attention has been further drawn to the fact that by reason of an Office Order dated 26.4.2004, the Award of the Labour Court as also the High Court had been implemented by classifying the respondent as permanent on the basis of daily wages clerk. Yet again, by another Office Order dated 17.12.2004, the provisions of Madhya Pradesh Revised Pay Rules, 1998 had been applied in his case. The decision to implement the judgment was evidently subject to the decision of this Court. But, the Special Leave Petition is barred by limitation. The question, inter alia, which arises for consideration before us is as to whether we should condone the delay or allow the respondent to continue to occupy the permanent post. The legal position somehow was uncertain before the decision rendered by the Constitution Bench of this Court in Uma Devi (supra). It has categorically been stated before us that there was no vacant post in the department in which the respondent could be reinstated. The State had also adopted a policy decision regarding regularisation. The said policy decision has also no application in the case of the respondent. Even otherwise, it ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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