IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 11356 of 2011-F Decided on: 22.12.2011 Sh. Hira Lal son of Sh. Tanthu Ram, resident of Village Fogla, Post Office Sletar, Tehsil and Distt. Mandi, H.P. presently servint as a Forest Guard in Wild Life Division Shamshi in Great Himalyan National Park, Shamshi, Wildlife Range, Sainj, Distt. Kullu. …Petitioner Versus 1. The State of H.P. through the Principal Secretary (Forests) with Headquarter at Shimla, H.P. 2. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests with Hqr at Shimla, HP 3. The Chief Conservator of Forest, Wildlife, Shimla, HP 4. The Divisional Forests Officer, Wildlife Division Shamshi, Distt. Shimla, H.P. ...Respondents. Civil Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India Coram: The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1. For the petitioner : 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, CJ (oral) The Writ petition is filed mainly with the following prayer: 1 Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? -2- “That the petitioner may be order to be granted work charge status from the date he completed 10 years of service with all 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 case is squarely covered by the decision of the Apex Court in Mool Raj Upadhyaya vs. State of H.P., 1994 Supp. (2) SCC 316. 3. Learned Additional Advocate General points out that the factual aspects are to be verified by the competent authority. The petitioner submits that he would file an appropriate representation furnishing all factual details before the competent authority, within a period of one month from today. It is always open for him 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 along with a copy of this writ petition and a copy of the judgment, referred to above, by the petitioner. 2. The writ petition is disposed of, so also the pending application(s), if any. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice (Justice Rajiv Sharma), Judge. December 22, 2011 (Bhupender/Kalpana)