Rakesh Shukla vs Principal Secy. Forest And Others on 11 January, 2019
16. The above judgment in Sanjay Kumar Srivastava vs. Principal, Chief Conservator of Forest (supra) came up for consideration, in intra-Court appeals, before a Division Bench consisting of Hon'ble Dr. D.Y. Chandradhud, C.J. (as His Lordship then was) and Hon'ble Dilip Gupta, J. Appeals were decided vide judgment dated 24.09.2015, State of U.P. and others vs. Chhiddi and another, 2015(4) UPLBEC 3141. Division Bench held that under Rule 4(1)(a) of Rules, 2001 requirement for consideration for regularization are, (i) the person should have been directly appointed on daily wage basis on a Group 'D' post before 29.06.1991; (ii) he should be continuing in service as such on the date of commencement of Rules, 2001, i.e., 21.12.2001; and, (iii) such person should have possessed requisite qualification prescribed for regular appointment for Group 'D' post at the time of such appointment on daily wage basis under relevant service rules. The judgment of learned Single Judge in so far as it has dispensed with requirement of qualification for regularization, was assailed before Division Bench. Issue up for consideration before Division, as quoted in para 30 of judgment, reads as under: