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The present Letters Patent Appeal has been filed by the State of Punjab against the judgement dated 5.2.2003 passed by learned single Judge in CWP No.1536 of 1988, whereby it has been ordered that the respondents-petitioners, daily wagers, be paid the minimum of pay scales, as revised from time to time with permissible allowances for a period of three years prior to the date of filing of writ petition; and with a further direction for regularisation of their services.

Facts in brief are that the 11 respondents-petitioners were engaged on muster roll on daily wage basis in Sub Division Nos.2 and 10 of Division No.III, Mohali, Public Health Department, Government LPA NO. 337 of 2003 of Punjab. They were engaged as daily wage Pump Operators, Fitters, Helpers, Drivers, Plumbers, Chowkidars etc. After having worked for 2-6 years on muster roll, they filed CWP No.1536/1988, praying for regularisation of their services from their dates of engagement/appointment, and also for grant of same pay and facilities as admissible to their counter parts working on regular basis. The appellants/respondents/Government of Punjab filed written statement disclosing that during the pendency of the writ petition, instructions dated 20.1.1995 (Annexure P/1) have been issued laying down that daily wage employees who have completed ten years or more as on 30.11.1994 shall be considered by the Screening Review Committee constituted by the Head of Department for regularisation on the availability of posts and accordingly their cases for regularisation will be considered, their services will be regularised and they will be paid regular pay scales.

LPA NO. 337 of 2003 Sr.N Name of the Designatio Date of Date of Present o. petitioner n joining regularisation pay scale 1 Rajinder Singh Pump 07/07/82 01/09/92 3120- 
                       Operator                           5160
       Harbans Singh Pump                                        3120-
  2                  Operator       01/06/82 01/09/92            5160
       Didar Singh    Pump          01/09/84                     3120-
  3                   Operator                 01/12/94          5160
  4    Omesh Kumar Pump             01/08/82 Left the job in        -

       Rupinderjit    Pump                                       3120-
  5    Singh          Operator      01/10/84 01/10/94            5160
       Surinder Singh Pump          1//7/84    18/05/01          3120-
  6                   Operator                                   5160
  7    Sarabjit Singh Fitter        24/6/86 Left the job in         -

       Balbir Singh   Driver        25/11/85 23/01/01            3120-
  8                                                              5160
       Jaswant Singh Plumber        01/12/86 23/01/01            3120-
  9                                                              5160
       Raj Singh      Pump          01/04/86 18/05/01            3120-
 10                   Operator                                   5160
       Ramjit Yadav Chowkidar 01/12/84 18/05/01                  2620-
 11                                                              4140