State Of Bihar And Ors. vs Vijay Kumar Jha And Ors. on 12 April, 2001
2. The three petitioners claim to be working on daily wages as class IV employees in the Revenue and Land Reforms Department, Government of Bihar, since 1983, and pray that the State Government may be directed to regularise their services against sanctioned class IV posts. They had earlier moved this Court for the same relief by preferring CWJC No. 10791 of 1994 (Vijay Kumar Jha v. State of Bihar) and the analogous writ petitions. The case of the petitioners was that a panel was prepared for appointment against class IV posts after advertisement and following the selection process. The stand of the State Government was that there was no advertisement for appointment of peons, and the panel was prepared on the basis of the names forwarded by the Employment Exchange, Patna, which was named as Ummidwar Peons, so that persons may be engaged when need arose on daily wage basis, and the names of the petitioners were included therein. CWJC No. 10791 of 1994 was disposed of by a learned Single Judge of this Court by his order dated 1-11-95 (Annexure 10 to the writ petition), whereby the respondents were directed to take a final decision within three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Following is the operative part of.the order:...