[2026:RJ-JP:214] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.14905/2013 Kishan Kumar Sharma Son of Shri Pratap Narayan Sharma, aged about 48 years, R/o Hajari Ka Mohalla, Purana Katla, Near Police Chowki, Alwar Raj. ----Petitioner Versus 1. State of Rajasthan through Secretary, Irrigation Department, Govt. Secretariat, Jaipur Rajasthan. 2. Executive Engineer, Water Resources, Alwar Division Alwar Rajasthan. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : None present For Respondent(s) : Mr. Gopal Krishan Sharma, AGC HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANAND SHARMA Order 06/01/2026 1. No one has put in appearance on behalf of the petitioner. 2. Petitioner has filed the instant writ petition for seeking a direction against the respondents to grant him regular pay scale since the date of his initial appointment with all consequential benefits. 3. Respondents filed reply to the writ petition in which it has been mentioned that the petitioner was never actually engaged by the respondents to conduct any regular work and there is no relationship of employee and employer between the petitioner and respondents. 4. Relevant portion of the reply is reproduced herein under: "That the contents of para 3 & 4 of the writ petition are not admitted in the manner stated therein. However, it is submitted that petitioner [2026:RJ-JP:214] (2 of 2) [CW-14905/2013] was never appointed on the peon on contract basis in the year 1985 as stated by him. As the in the government departments for appointment certain procedure has to be followed but in the case of petitioner no such procedure has been done and no such contract has been executed and further it is relevant to mention here that petitioner was working with the respondent No.2 w.e.f 8/2001 to fill the drinking water in Pitchers in the office of the respondent No.2 which is the work of hardly not more then half an hour and for which he was paid Rs. 500/- per month by way of Hand Receipt Bills and this work has been done by the petitioner at his own will as the he is running the Tea Stall near the office of respondent No.2 in Collectrate Premises since 25 years and his basis Job is Tea Stall." 5. No rejoinder to the reply has been filed on behalf of the petitioner to show that he was engaged by the respondents. 6. In the light of above, there is no substance in the writ petition filed by the petitioner and the same is hereby dismissed. (ANAND SHARMA),J DAKSH/41