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2. The petitioner in Writ Petition No.20003/2015 had passed Higher Secondary Examination and had obtained Diploma in Domestic Electrical Installation. Sometime in the year 1983 the petitioner was appointed as Daily Wage employee on the post of Wireman. The petitioner filed Writ Petition No.1265/2003 seeking regularization of his services, which was disposed of by the High Court vide order dated 03.9.2003 with a direction to respondent to consider the case of the petitioner for regularization of his services. The petitioner by order dated 12.1.2004 was regularized on the post of Vaccinator in the pay scale of Rs.3050-3200/-. Thereafter, by order dated 10.8.2005 the order of regularization of services of 74 employees including the petitioner was cancelled, which was the subject matter of challenge in a bunch of writ petition, which was disposed of by a Bench of this Court vide order dated 1.9.2005, by which, the order dated 10.8.2005 directing cancellation of order of regularization was quashed and the respondent was granted liberty to prepare seniority list and to hear the petitioners and thereafter to pass an order of de-regularisation, if warranted. In compliance of order passed by the High Court, the order dated 10.8.2005 was cancelled vide order dated 19.9.2005. Thereafter, a show-cause notice dated 27.8.2011 was issued which was challenged in a bunch of writ petitions before this Court which was disposed of on 06.10.2015 with directions to the Commissioner to decide the matters after considering the response given by the petitioner expeditiously and giving due opportunity of hearing to the petitioners within a period of four months and to communicate the decision thereof to the petitioners within same time. The petitioners in the Bunch were also granted liberty to challenge the decision if the same is adverse to their interest, by way of appropriate proceeding, which will be decided on its own merits. In pursuance of aforesaid order, impugned orders of de-regularisation of services of the petitioners have been passed.

32. It is pertinent to note that Corporation itself had framed a scheme for regularisation of services of the daily wage employees and the orders of the regularisation of services of the petitioners have been passed in the year 2003 i.e. prior t decision in Umadevi'v case (supra). A comparative chart to indicate the grounds mentioned in the show-cause notices and in the impugned orders in order to ascertain whether there is compliance with the principles of natural justice, is reproduced below:-

                                                      his
                                  d) Since he         regularistion
                                  was Higher          without
                                  secondary,          following
                                  therefore,          seniority was
                                  possessed           valid
                                  requisite
                                  qualification

                                  a) Regularised
                                                      a) He was
                                  as Notice
                                                      regularized
                                  Server
                                                      on31.1.04 as
                                  (General) on
                                                      Notice Server,
                                  31.1.04.
                                                      whereas in note
                                                      sheet there is
                                  b) His name         mention of
                                  was at              regularisation       a) The fact that no post of Notice
                                  sr.No.226 of        on post of           Writer, was vacant was not mentioned
                                  seniority list,     Notice Writer.       in the show-cause notice, yet the
                                  therefore,          Thus, no post of     same was made the ground for
                                  seniority was       notice writer.       passing the order of de-regularisation
                                  not followed        Thus,                of services of petitioner.
                                                      regularisation
           Sanjay Mishra                              was against the
                                  c) Since he         rules.               b) Since the case of petitioner was
           (Petitioner No.2)                                               considered with reference to
                                  passed M.A.
                                  therefore,                               gradation list prepared on 09.12.2003
                                  possessed           b) In seniority      and not with reference to gradation
                                  requisite           list dt. 09.12.03    list prepared in 2009, in which the
                                  qualification of    his name was at      name of the petitioner does not
                                                      sr.no.226. He        appear, therefore, it is not possible to
                                  8th pass.           not filed            infer whether principle of seniority
                                                      document with        was violated.
                                                      reply showing
                                  d) Appointed
                                                      his
                                  as daily wager
                                                      regularisation
                                  after 31.12.88,
                                                      without
                                  therefore, not
                                                      following
                                  eligible on the
                                                      seniority was
                                  date of
                                                      valid.
                                  regularisation

                                  a) Regularised
                                  as peon
                                  (general) on
                                  31.1.04
                                                      a) Regularised
                                  b) His name at      as Notice
                                  sr.no.263 of        Server on
                                  seniority list      31.1.04,
                                  09.12.03,           whereas note-
                                  therefore,          sheet mentions
                                  seniority was       regularisation
                                                                           a) The fact that no post of Notice
                                  not followed        on post of
                                                                           Server was vacant, was not
                                                      Notice Writer.

36. In view of preceding analysis, the impugned orders of de-regularisation of services of the petitioners dated 19.11.2015 are hereby quashed. The Corporation may take action for de-regularisation of services of the petitioners, if so advised, in the light of law laid down by the Supreme Court in the case of Umadevi's (supra) particularly in the light of observations made in paragraph 53 of the decision. Needless to state, the respondent-Corporation shall first prepare the seniority list containing the names of petitioners as directed vide order dated 01.9.2005 passed by a Bench of this Court in Writ Petition No.8359/2005, after inviting objections, and thereafter may issue show- cause notices to the petitioners containing precise grounds, on which, action of de-regularisation of services of petitioners is sought to be taken. The show-cause notices shall clearly state the documents which the petitioners, in the opinion of respondent, are required to produce in support of their claim. Needless to state, the respondent- Corporation shall pass speaking orders.