IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP (T) No. 2904 of 2008(OA No.822 /2006) Date of Decision : 9.7.2010. Jagdish Kumar …Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. & Others. ..Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kuldip Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting ?1 No For the Petitioner : Mr. S.S.Sood, Advocate vice Mr. Neel Kamal Sood, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. P.K.Sharma, Addl. A.G. with Mrs. Shubh Mahajan, DAG. Kuldip Singh, Judge (Oral) The petitioner has made mainly the following prayer:- “ (i) Directing the respondents to give the applicant work charge status as Work Inspector after completion of 10 years of service with all consequential benefits from the due date i.e. June, 2000 in view of Mool Raj Upadhyay’s case.” 2. The respondents No. 1 to 5 have contested the petition by filing reply and they have taken the stand that the petitioner has worked on various posts such as Work-Mistri, Head-Mate, Mate and Motor-Mate which is equivalent to Work Inspector since 1993 onwards. The petitioner has claimed work charged status of Work Inspector on the 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the Judgment ? 2 basis of judgment of the Supreme Court in Mool Raj Upadhyaya Vs. The State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors. 1994 (2) SLR 377. It has been submitted by the learned Additional Advocate General that since the petitioner has worked on various posts therefore, the petitioner is not entitled to work charged status of Work Inspector. The case of the petitioner is covered by the judgment Gauri Dutt and Ors. Vs. State of H.P. Latest HLJ 2008 (HP) 366 which covers the issue of work on more than one posts and consequences thereof. The respondents have not denied that petitioner was engaged on 1.6.1990. However, the respondents have taken the stand that petitioner cannot be given the work charged status of Work Inspector. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the respondent No.2 is directed to consider the case of the petitioner for work charged status in accordance with decisions given in Mool Raj Upadhyaya and Gauri Dutt (supra) within two months and pass appropriate order. The petition stands disposed of. ( Kuldip Singh ), July 9, 2010 Judge. (GR)