Punjab-Haryana High Court
Bhagwanti Devi And Others vs State Of Haryana And Others on 14 January, 2013
Author: Tejinder Singh Dhindsa
Bench: Tejinder Singh Dhindsa
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
AT CHANDIGARH
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C.W.P. No.576 of 2013
Date of Decision:14.01.2013
Bhagwanti Devi and others
.....Petitioners
Vs.
State of Haryana and others
.....Respondents
CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJINDER SINGH DHINDSA
Present:- Mr. Arvind Kumar Chauhan, Advocate for the petitioners.
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Tejinder Singh Dhindsa, J.(Oral)
Petitioners, who are part time Sweepers and have been working since the year 1990, have approached this Court claiming regularization of their services as similarly situated persons have been regularized. Reliance has also been placed on a Division Bench Judgment of this Court passed in CWP No.5296 of 2001 titled as Vidya Devi and others vs. State of Haryana and others, decided on 20.2.2002. Even the respondents have also accepted the said judgment after the dismissal of the SLP filed against it and accordingly framed a policy for regularisation. Claiming the same relief, as has been made in the present Writ Petition. Petitioners have served a legal notice dated 14.8.2012 (Annexure P-4) on the respondents but till date no decision thereon has been taken and conveyed to the petitioners.
Counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners would be satisfied if a direction is issued to District Education Officer, Fatehabad - respondent No.3, to consider the claim of the petitioners as has been C.W.P. No.576 of 2013 -2- projected in their legal notice dated 14.8.2012 (Annexure P-4) within some specified time.
Without going into merits of the case of commenting thereon, this petition is disposed of with directions to District Education Officer, Fatehabad - respondent No.3 to consider and decide the claim of the petitioners made through their legal notice dated 14.8.2012 (Annexure P-4) within a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order and conveyed to the petitioners forthwith.
In case the petitioners are held entitled to the relief as claimed by them in their legal notice, consequential benefits be released to them within a further period of one month.
January 14, 2013 ( TEJINDER SINGH DHINDSA ) renu JUDGE