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1. In these cases, the petitioners have prayed for regularisation of services/or regular appointment of their members or those who are working in Minor Irrigation Department of the State.

2. The case of the petitioner's Association of CWJC No. 10238 of 1998 is that there are 53 members named at paragraph No. 3 working as Pump Operator, Khalasi etc. Since long, but their cases have not been considered for regularisation/regular appointment as per the policy decision of the Government, as contained in Resolution No. 5940 dated 18th June, 1993.

3. It is also alleged that those members have not been paid wages of certain period, as shown at paragraph '4' to the writ petition.

4. According to the petitioner-Association of CWJC No. 10277 of 1998, their members named at Paragraph '3'. who are also working on daily wage since long, their cases also have not been considered for regularisation/ regular appointment and they have also not been paid wages of certain period.

5. The petitioner Surendra Prasad Rao and three others of CWJC No. 11028 of 1998 have also made similar prayer for regularisation of their services, as working on daily wage since long.

6. The counsel for the parties brought to the notice of the Court that in a similar case in respect to daily employees of Minor Irrigation/Irrigation Department, certain orders were passed by the learned single Judge of Patna High Court for regularisation of services and such matter moved upto the Supreme Court in the case of State of Bihar v. Laghu Sichal Karmchari Sangh and Ors. in SLP (Civil) No. 18164 of 1999 and analogous cases. In the said case, the Supreme Court, vide its order dated 30th October, 2000 taking into consideration the Scheme dated 18th June, 1993 directed the State of Bihar to take steps to constitute a Committee for implementation of the Scheme aforesaid, depending upon the number of vacancies available, from time to time.