affirmed.
3. The appellant, it appears, was appointed as a daily-wager in the
erstwhile Uttar Pradesh Pey Jal & Nirman Nigam sometime ... award, the appellant was allowed to rejoin as a daily-wager
and to serve the respondent-Jal Nigam till the date of his superannuation
upon
legitimate expectation for
being confirmed on the post. The plea of daily wagers that the State had
been treating them unfairly was rejected ... right to be
treated equally could not be extended to the daily wagers against the regular
post holders who had been appointed after following
government servants, dying in harness, where the deceased employees were either daily wagers or workcharge employees, who were not regularly appointed, and referred the following ... questions for decision of larger bench:-
"1. Whether a daily wager and work charge employee, employed in connection with the affairs of Uttar Pradesh
before 23.8.1995, putting at least 240 days of service as Daily Wagers in each of the year.
2. He must have been engaged either through ... given while deploying workers on daily wages. Contention of learned counsel for the respondents has been that daily wagers were engaged from time to time
Manager,
Government Milk Scheme, Chiplun who appointed the
respondents herein as daily wagers in the establishment of the
dairy on payment ... filed petitions
being Daily wage employees working in the society from before 4-
5-1990 claiming parity with the daily wagers working with
Electricity Board
According to the petitioner, initially he was appointed as a daily wager and thereafter as a clerk in the said Scheme and his services were ... respondents to adopt different yardstick in case of the daily wagers of the forest department. It is contended that denial of the benefits
continuous
service for a period of 10 years and being
a daily wager, respondent workman was
not entitled to receive pension.
4. For orders ... said Government Resolution dated
17.10.1988 provides that those daily wager
who has completed the service of more than
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employees. The initial entry point is appointment on daily wage basis. With time the daily wagers are placed into the list of temporary Muster Rolls ... equal work in respect to daily wage employees, was of the view that as a daily wager does not hold any post
already been filled up leaving 452 vacant posts. The total 1941 daily wagers are working in the corporation whose future is secured by the impugned ... disputed that the petitioners are working against substantive vacancies as daily wager or on contract basis since more than decade and are doing their duties
principle of equal pay for equal work has held that a daily-wager, if he is discharging the similar duties as those in the regular ... would be the correct position and we, therefore, direct that these daily-wagers would be entitled to draw at the minimum of the pay-scale
