Arvind Kumar Singh v. State of U.P. and 5 Others

Court No. - 10 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6750 of 2024 Petitioner :- Arvind Kumar Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Hritudhwaj Pratap Sahi,Samarath Singh,Sankalp Narain Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Prakash Padia,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the respondents.

¶2In view of the order proposed to be passed, notice need not to be issued to the private respondent.

¶3Order dated 12.03.2024 passed by the Respondent No.3 namely Regional Level Regularisation Committee, through its Chairman, Regional Joint Director of Education, Varanasi Region Varanasi and the order dated 21.03.2024 passed by the District Inspector of Schools, Chandauli are under challenge in the present writ petition by which the claim of the petitioner for regularization has been rejected.

¶4It is argued by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner was appointed in the year 1992 as Assistant Teacher L.T Grade and since then he is working continuously. It is argued by learned counsel for the petitioner that the order impugned has been passed in complete violation of the law laid down by this Court in the case of Vinod Kumar Srivastava vs. State of U.P. and others (Writ A No. 21492 of 2023) dated 30.09.2024 in which a specific direction has been given by this Court in paragraph -149 of the judgment that the Regional Regularization Committee shall accord hearing to all the candidates whose claim is under consideration for regularization. It is further observe that Committee shall ask all the Management Committee of the Institution to regularization. Paragraph-149 of the aforesaid judgment reads as follows:- "149. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the opinion that the matters which have been remitted back to the Regularization Committee shall be considered in the light of the following directions:

(i) The Regional Regularization Committee shall accord fresh consideration in all remitted matters within a period of six weeks from the date of remand.

(ii) As far as possible, the Regional Regularization Committee shall accord hearing to all the candidates whose claim is under consideration for regularization.

(iii) The Committee shall ask all the Management Committees of the Institution to regularization of the candidates within a period of two weeks from the date of this order. In case the documents are not provided by the Management Committees, the Regularization Committee shall proceed against the institution in question under the provisions of Act of 1921.

(iv) The Regularization Committee shall further accord due consideration to provision of Act of 1982 while considering the claim for regularization especially for all those candidates whose case fall under Sections 33-B, 33-C, 33-F, and 33-G.

(v) It is further provided that in view of clarification of Government Order dated

26.09.2024, all the candidates whose matters are under consideration before the Regional Regularization Committee, shall be paid their salary which has been stopped pursuant to the order dated 09.11.2023 within a period as prescribed in the clarification order dated 26.09.2024, till their claims are finally decided.

(vi) Further all the candidates whose claim has not been decided by the Regularization Committee shall be permitted to work.

(vii) It is clarified that in all those cases where the claim for regularization was rejected and the writ petition has been allowed by this Court and the matter has been remitted back for fresh consideration, those candidates shall be entitled for their entire salary till their claim is decided afresh. "

¶5It is argued that taking into consideration the aforesaid judgment, a Government Order dated 04.10.2024 was also issued by the State-Government which reads as follows:- महत्वपर኏ण ्ቓ संख्या-1559/ 15-05-2024-1601 (696) / 2019 टी०सी०्ቚे षक, कृष्ण कुमार गुप्त, िवशेष सिचिव, उ०्ቚ० शासन । सेवा मे, िश्ቌा िनदेशक (माध्यिमक) उ०्ቚ०, ्ቚयागराज । माध्यिमक िश्ቌा अनुभाग-5 लखनऊ : िदनांक 04 अक्टर኏बर, 2024 िवषय:- मा0 उच्चि न्यायालय, इलाहाबाद मे यािजत िरट यािचिका सं0-21492/2023 िवनोद कुमार ्ቦीवास्तव व अन्य बनाम उ० ्ቚ० राज्य व अन्य के सम्बन्ध मे । महोदय, कृपया उपयु्ቓक्त िवषयक अपने प्ቔांक सामान्य (1) तृतीय / 17264/2024-25, िदनांक 04.10.2024 एवं प्ቔांक सामान्य (1) तृतीय /17773 / 2024-25, िदनांक 28.10.2024 का सन्दभ्ቓ ्ቇहण करने का क्ቖ करे, िजसके माध्यम से मा० उच्चि न्यायालय, इलाहाबाद मे योिजत िरट यािचिका संख्या-21492/2023 मे पािरत आदेश िदनांक 30.09.2024 एवं

03.10.2024 की ्ቚित एवं िरट यािचिका संख्या-907 / 2024 राकेश ि्ቔपाठी बनाम उ०्ቚ० राज्य व अन्य मे पािरत आदेश िदनांक 07.02.2024 की ्ቚित संलग्न कर ्ቚेिषत करते हुए ्ቚकरण मे अ्ቇतर काय्ቓवाही हेतु आदेश/िनदेश ्ቚदान िकये जाने का अनुरोध िकया गया है। 2- िवषयांिकत िरट यािचिका मे मा० न्यायालय ्ቛारा िदनांक 30.09.2024 को िवस्तृत आदेश पािरत िकया गया है। उक्त आदेश मे तदथ ्ቓ िश्ቌकों के िविनयिमतीकरण के ्ቚकरण पर िवचिार करने हेतु मा० न्यायालय ्ቛारा मापदण्ड / िदशा-िनदेश िनग्ቓत िकये गये हैं। उक्त के अितिरक्त सम््ቚकृित की िरट यािचिका संख्या-907 / 2024 मे भी पािरत आदेश िदनांक 07.02.2024 मे मा0 न्यायालय ्ቛारा तदथ ्ቓ िश्ቌकों के िविनयिमतीकरण के ्ቚकरण पर िवचिार करने हेतु कितपय िबन्दु िनधारिरत िकये गये है। 3- िरट यािचिका संख्या-907 / 2024 राकेश ि्ቔपाठी बनाम उ०्ቚ० राज्य व अन्य मे पािरत आदेश िदनांक 07.02.2024 के ्ቚस्तर-15 मे मा० न्यायालय्ቛ ारा पािरत आदेश/िनधारिरत िवन्दु िन्ቖवत् है :- "........15. The Director of Education (Secondary) U.P. shall, therefore, ensure that Regional Selection Committees while rejecting claim of Ad-hoc teachers for regularization must returned findings of fact with reason broadly on following points:

(i) Existence of vacancy on the date of selection.

(ii) Eligibility of candidate selected on the date of selection.

(iii) Approval by the District Inspector of Schools;

(iv) If approval under the orders of this Court, justification for such disapproval or withholding of approval prior to intervention of Courts;

(v) Status of vacancy as on date;...…"

¶4" िरट यािचिका संख्या-21492/2023 िवनोद कुमार ्ቦीवास्तव व अन्य बनाम उ० ्ቚ० राज्य व अन्य मे पािरत आदेश िदनांक 30.09.2024 के ्ቚस्तर-149 मे मा0 न्यायालय ्ቛारा अपने िनष्कष्ቓ का ्ቚितपादन िकया गया है, िजसमे तदथ ्ቓ िश्ቌकों के िविनयिमतीकरण के ्ቚकरण पर िवचिार करने हेतु मापदण्ड / िदशा- िनदेश का िनधाररण िकया गया है। ्ቚस्तर-149 मे पािरत आदेश एवं िनधारिरत िदशा-िनदेश िन्ቖवत् है :- "......149. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the opinion that the matters which have been remitted back to the Regularization Committee shall be considered in the light of the following directions:

(i) The Regional Regularization Committee shall accord fresh consideration in all remitted matters within a period of six weeks from the date of remand.

(ii) As far as possible, the Regional Regularization Committee shall accord hearing to all the candidates whose claim is under consideration for regularization.

(iii) The Committee shall ask all the Management Committees of the Institution to provide necessary documents which are needed for consideration of regularization of the candidates within a period of two weeks from the date of this order. In case the documents are not provided by the Management Committees, the Regularization Committee shall proceed against the institution in question under the provisions of Act of 1921.

(iv) The Regularization Committee shall further accord due consideration to provision of Act of 1982 while considering the claim for regularization especially for all those candidates whose case fall under Sections 33-B, 33-C, 33-F, and 33-G.

(v) It is further provided that in view of clarification of Government Order dated 26.09.2024, all the candidates whose matters are under consideration before the Regional Regularization Committee, shall be paid their salary which has been stopped pursuant to the order dated 09.11.2023 within a period as prescribed in the clarification order dated 26.09.2024, till their claims are finally decided.

(vi) Further all the candidates whose claim has not been decided by the Regularization Committee shall be permitted to work.

(vii) It is clarified that in all those cases where the claim for regularization was rejected and the writ petition has been allowed by this Court and the matter has been remitted back for fresh consideration, those candidates shall be entitled for their entire salary till their claim is decided afresh...…

¶5उल्लेखनीय है िक मा० न्यायालय का उक्त आदेश मा्ቔ िदनांक

30.12.2000 तक िनयुक्त तदथ ्ቓ िश्ቌकों के सम्बन्ध मे है, न िक वष्ቓ 2000 के प्ቐात िनयुक्त तदथ ्ቓ िश्ቌकों हेतु है। इस तቾस्ि቉ित को मा० न्यायालय ने अपने उ्ሹ आदेश िदनांक 30.09.2024 के ्ቚस्तर-150 मे स्प्ቖ िकया है, जो िनम्नवत् है :- "...... 150. The directions issued is only pertaining to the appointments made against short term vacancy/ad hoc appointment upto 30.12.2000. Those cases in which appointment has been made post 2000, the judgment and directions given by this Court would not apply." अतः इस सम्बन्ध मे मुझे यह कहने का िनदेश हुआ है िक उपयुर्ሹ ्ቚस्तर-3 व 4 मे विणरत िरट यािचिकाओं मे पािरत आदेश / िनगरत िदशा-िनदेश के आलोक मे तदि቉र िश्ቌकों के िविनयिमतीकरण के ्ቚकरण पर गुण-दोष की िववेचिना एवं सम्पर኏णर सुसंगत साቌኚयों के िवश्लेषण के साि቉ मेिरट के आधार पर िनयमानुसार / िनष्प्ቌ एवं िनिवरवाद िनणरय लेकर मा० न्यायालय ्ቛारा िनयत समयाविध के अन्तगरत िविनयिमतीकरण के ्ቚकरणों को िनस्तािरत िकये जाने हेतु ्ቚदेश के समस्त मण्डलीय संयु्ሹ िश्ቌा िनदेशकों/मण्डलीय सिमितयों को आवश्यक िदशा-िनदेश तत्काल िनगरत करने का क्ቖ करे। भवदीय, (कृष्ण कुमार गुप) िवशेष सिचिव । संख्या

-1559(1)/15-05-2024-1601 (696) / 2019

टी 0 सी 0, तिቌኌनांक ।्ቚ ितिलिप समस्त संयु्ሹ िश्ቌा िनदेशक (मा०) ्ቛारा िश्ቌा िनदेशक (मा०), उ०्ቚ०्ቚ यागराज को सर኏चिनाि቉र एवं आवश्यक कायरवाही हेतु ्ቚेिषत । आ्ሺा से, (अशोक कुमार) संयु्ሹ सिचिव।

¶6In this view of the matter, it is argued that since the order impugned has been passed by the Regularization Committee in violation of the law laid down by this Court in the case of Vinod Kumar Srivastava (Supra) as well as the Government Order and the same should be quashed. It is argued that though the petitioner is working continuously but his salary is not being paid.

¶7Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.

¶8While going through the order dated 12.03.2024, the Court is of the prima facie opinion that neither any opportunity of hearing has been provided to the petitioner nor the Management Committee of the Institution was directed to regularization of the petitioner.

¶9This fact is also admitted by the learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents.

¶10In this view of the matter, the order dated 12.03.2024 passed by the Respondent No.3 and the order dated 21.03.2024 passed by District Inspector of Schools, Chaudauli are liable to be set aside and are hereby set aside. Respondent No.3 is directed to pass a fresh order strictly in accordance with law, specially in terms of the direction given by this Court in the case of Vinod Kumar Srivastava (Supra) as well as Government Order dated 04.10.2024 within a period of three months from the date of presentation of certified copy of this order.

¶11It is made clear that since the petitioner is working continuously, he shall be entitled for his salary till his claim is decided afresh.

¶12With the aforesid observations, the writ petition is allowed. Order Date :- 20.12.2024/Kumar Manish High Court of Judicature at Allahabad