IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA CWP No. 2576 of 2008 Date of decision: 24.12.2010 ------------------------------------------------- Kewla Devi Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Ors. Respondents Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Ahuja, J. Whether approved for reporting1? No. For the petitioner: Mr. B.N. Mehta, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. J.S. Guleria, Assistant Advocate General, for respondents No. 1 and 2. V.K.Ahuja,J. (Oral: The petitioner was engaged as a Part Time Sweeper in the Forest Department. She has alleged in the petition that she was working as a daily wager and in support of her assertion that she was working as a daily wager, the petitioner had relied upon Annexure P-1, a list of daily waged workers prepared by the Range Officer, in which she has been shown at Sr. No. 2 as a Sweeper and the fact that 10 years has been completed. It is submitted by the learned Assistant Advocate General that this was wrongly prepared and her name was wrongly included alongwith Devi Ram and Sita Ram, who were daily wagers, Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the Judgment? 2 whereas the petitioner was a Part Time Sweeper. An affidavit has been filed by the Conservator of Forests on behalf of the Principal Secretary, Department of Forest and all the record shows that the petitioner had been engaged as Part Time Sweeper, which fact has been fortified from the record in regard to the payment of wages for the whole period, she has been paid Rs.150/- or so during this period. It has not been disputed that she is working as a daily wager since 30.7.2004. There is no other record to substantiate the claim of the petitioner that she was working as a daily wager and not as a Part Time Sweeper. The complete record has been placed on record and therefore, it is difficult to hold that the petitioner was working as a daily wager prior to 30.7.2004. The petitioner will be entitled to be regularized as a daily wager as per the existing policy of the Government from the date of her working as a daily wager since 30.7.2004. The petitioner is entitled to be regularized as per policy of the Govt. accordingly since 30.7.2004, as she was working as a daily wager. 2. In view of the above, there is no merit in the petition filed by the petitioner, which is dismissed accordingly, so also the pending application(s), if any. (V.K. Ahuja ), December 24, 2010 Judge (BSS) 3 4