1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP No. 6849 of 2011 alongwith CWP No. 6852 of 2011. Decided on: 23.8.2011 1. CWP No. 6849 of 2011 Moti Ram Vs. State of H.P. & others 2. CWP No. 6852 of 2011 Nand Lal Vs. State of H.P. & others Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surinder Singh, Judge. For the petitioners : Mr. A.K. Gupta, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Additional Advocate General and Mr. J.K. Verma, Deputy Advocate General. Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The writ petitions are filed mainly with the following prayer: “That the petitioners may be ordered to grant work- charge status from the date he completed 10 years of service with all the benefits incidental thereof such as full back wages, seniority and pay fixation etc. ” 2. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the cases are squarely covered by the decision of the Apex Court in Mool Raj Upadhyaya vs. State of H.P., 1994 Supp. (2) SCC 316. 2 3. Learned Additional Advocate General points out that the factual aspects are to be verified by the competent authority. The petitioners submit that they would file appropriate representation(s) furnishing all factual details before the competent authority, within a period of one month from today. It is always open for them to do so. Thereafter, the matter will be duly considered by the second respondent/competent authority in the light of the judgment, referred to above and appropriate action in accordance with law will be taken within another four months from the date of production of the representation alongwith a copy of this judgment and a copy of the judgment, referred to above, by the petitioner concerned. 4. The writ petitions are disposed of, so also pending applications, if any. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice. August 23, 2011 (Justice Surinder Singh), (cm/hl) Judge.