IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA CWP No. 1829 of 2007 Date of Decision: 30.04.2009 State of H.P. and others …Petitioners. Versus. Deep Chand …Respondent. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr.Justice Deepak Gupta, Judge. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Ahuja, Judge. Whether approved for Reporting? No For the Petitioner(s): Mr.R.M. Bisht, Dy.A.G. For the Respondent(s): Mr.Yogesh Kumar vice Mr.A.K. Gupta, Advocate. Deepak Gupta, J. (oral) This Writ Petition by the State is directed against the order dated 9.6.2006 passed by the learned H.P. State Administrative Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal) in O.A. No.981 of 2005. Briefly stated the facts of the case are that the respondent was engaged as casual labourer on daily-wage basis by the Deputy Director of Agriculture, Nahan on 6.5.1992. He admittedly continued to work against this post uninterruptedly for more than 10 years. He 2 filed an application before the learned Tribunal praying that his services may be regularized and this application was disposed of with a direction to the writ petitioners to give work charged status to the applicant from the date he has completed 10 years of service with 240 days in each calendar year in compliance to the judgment of the Apex Court in Mool Raj Upadhyaya vs. State of H.P. and others, 1994 Supp (2) SCC 316. The only ground raised by the petitioners is that the judgments in Mool Raj Upadhyaya’s case and State of H.P. Vs. Gehar Singh, HLJ 2006 (SC) 363, are not applicable since these judgments relate to the PWD and I&PH Departments but the respondent belongs to the Agriculture Department. This contention is without merit. In Gauri Dutt vs. State of H.P, Latest HLJ 2008 Vol. (1) 366, this Court has specifically held that the scheme approved in Mool Raj Upadhyaya’s case is applicable to all daily-wage employees working in any Department of the State. Therefore, there is no merit in the writ petition which is accordingly dismissed. ( Deepak Gupta ) Judge. April 30, 2009 ( V.K. Ahuja ), PV. Judge.