In the meantime the new Land Records Manual was published in January 1953 embodying new amended rules regarding recruitment, companyditions of service and duties of patwaris.
Out of the petitioners also as many as 132 have been absorbed in the new cadre of Lekhpals and many more are likely to be absorbed in the service of Government.
This petition was number filed within the time limited by the rules of this Court and on their own showing there was a delay of 44 days in filing the petition for special leave.
On the very next day, the 5th March, Government announced the creation of a new service of Lekhpals and proceeded to organise that service by recruiting the new personnel which included most of the old patwaris.
The Revenue Minister of Uttar Pradesh is the second respondent, and the Land Reforms Commissioner of that State is the third respondent.
It was also resolved at the special session that all patwaris should submit their resignations on the 2nd February 1953, requesting that they may be relieved of their work by the 4th March 1953 after which date they will treat themselves as free from all obligations to work under the Government.
Thus it appears that Government have been giving a locus poenitentiae to those of the ex patwaris who have realized their mistake in joining the agitation aforesaid and thus trying to force the bands of Government.
45 of 1954, after their application for leave to appeal to this Court had been dismissed by that Courts order dated the 5th August 1955.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by SINHA J. This petition under article 32 of the Constitution on behalf of as many as 726 persons, ex patwaris under the first respondent, the State of Uttar Pradesh, seeks the aid of this Court in enforcing the provisions of articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution, on the allegation mainly that they had been denied equality before the law and equal opportunity for employment under the State.
The Association held meetings and passed resolutions demanding increase in pay and allowances and betterment of their service companyditions.
426 of 1955 from the judgment and orders of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad dated the 24th August 1954 passed in Civil Miscellaneous Writ No.
By doing so, they apparently intended to paralyse the whole revenue administration in the State and to companyrce the Government to accept their demands but they did number envisage the situation that the Government might accept their resignations and take them at their own words, The Government decided to accept their resignations and the petitioners were relieved of their duties soon after the submission of their resignations, before the 4th March 1953.
This brought matters to a head and there was a special session of the Association at Lucknow on the 26th January 1953.
The Association passed resolutions protesting against the revised Land Records Manual.
April 16.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Petition No.
The Collectors of Meerut, Muza ffarnagar, Aligarh, Badaun and Moradabad are respondents 4 to 8.
There is numberdoubt that by submitting their resignations en masse the patwaris betrayed a lack of sense of discipline.
Purshotam Trikamdas, S. N. Andley and Rameshwar Nath of M s Rajinder Narain Co., for the petitioners.
These matters were under the companysideration of the Government, following upon representations and deputation to the Revenue Minister.
The new cadre also included all those patwaris whose record of service was free from blemishes and who had withdrawn their resignations.
They were part time servants of the Government in the Revenue Department.
It appears that patwaris numbering about 28,000 in the whole of the State of Uttar Pradesh had organised themselves in 1940 into The U.P. Patwaris Association with a view to improving their prospects and emoluments.
569 of 1954.
It appears, however, that under bad advice a large number of patwaris in the State went on a pen down strike on the 9th January 1953 with the result that the Government withdrew the official recognition of the Association on the 19th February 1953.
After the Zamindari Abolition Act was brought into operation in that State, their services were very much in demand.
L. Misra, Advocate General of Uttar Pradesh, P. Sinha, K. B. Asthana and C. P. Lal, for the res pondents.
In pursuance of that resolution, about 26,000 patwaris in the whole of the State resigned.
