IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. C.W.P. (T) No. 16203 of 2008. Decided on 13th July, 2011. _____________________________________________________ Surat Singh. …Petitioner. -Versus- State of H.P. others. …Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 No. __________________________________________________________ For the petitioner. : None. For the respondents. : Mr. Vikas Rathore, Deputy Advocate General with Mr. R.P. Singh, Assistant Advocate General. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajiv Sharma, Judge (Oral): Case of the petitioner, in a nut-shell, is that though he has completed 9 years’ continuous service with 240 days in a block of twelve calendar months, however, his services have not been regularized. 2. Mr. Vikas Rathore, learned Deputy Advocate General has drawn the attention of the Court to Annexure R-1, copy of mandays chart. It is evident from the details of mandays chart that the petitioner has continuously worked w.e.f. 1996 up to 2004 and has completed 9 years’ continuous service with 240 days in each calendar year. The petitioner was only required to complete 8 years’ continuous service with 240 days in each calendar year to seek regularization. 3. Accordingly, the petition is allowed. The respondents are directed to consider the case of petitioner for regularization as 1 Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?. No. - 2 - per the policy by counting continuity in service w.e.f. 1996, within a period of ten weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this judgment by the petitioner. No costs. (Rajiv Sharma) Judge July 13, 2011. (bhupender) - 3 - `