This is an appeal by special leave.
The employment was extended from time to time upto 12.6.1989.
The two schemes were merged into one elaborate scheme known as Jawaharlal Nehru Rozgar Yojna or Jawahar Rozgar Yojna.
The appellant filed a writ appeal which has also been dismissed by the Division Bench of the High Court.
Instead of being rendered jobless the appellant was offered yet another temporary employment in a scheme known as Jeevan Dhara vide order dated 17.1.1989.
The appellant, and a few others similarly employed filed writ petitions in the High Court, which by an interim order protected their employment.
The writ petitions were dismissed by the High Court holding that as the posts themselves have been abolished the question of regularization did number ise.
However, the posts came to be abolished and the appellants employment as also the employment of other similarly situated persons came to be terminated with effect from 7.5.1991, companysequent upon the posts having been abolished.
The last order of appointment was for a period of 7 days issued on 24.6.1989 which came to an end of 30.6.1989.
On companypletion of 100 days, his employment would have terminated automatically however, the authority passed a speciic order of termination dated 29.12.1988.
The High Court also held that the workmen given employment under the schemes got the employment on an ad hoc basis, and from the very beginning knew that the employment was of a temporary nature companyterminus with the scheme itself, and therefore they companyld number be said to have been retrenched within the meaning of Section 2 oo of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, so as to be entitled to the relief of reinstatement if the provisions of Section 25F of the Act were number companyplied with.
There were two similar employment welfare schemes operating, known as Rural Employment Programme REP and Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme RLEGP .
C. Lahoti, J. The appellant was employed as a Junior Engineer on daily wages for a period of 100 days vide order dated 22.9.1988 in a scheme known as Rural Employment Programme.
