IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. C.W.P. (T) No. 12245 of 2008. Decided on: 3rd June, 2011. _____________________________________________________ Ramesh Kumar. …Petitioner. -Versus- The State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 No. __________________________________________________________ For the petitioner. : Mr. V.D. Khidta, Advocate. For the respondents. : Mr. R.P. Singh, Assistant Advocate General. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajiv Sharma, Judge (Oral): Case of the petitioner, in a nut-shell, is that though he has been engaged as Plumber-cum-Fitter w.e.f. 1st January, 1990 and has completed ten years’ continuous service with 240 days in each calendar year, however, his services have been regularized on 6th January, 2003. Since the petitioner has been engaged before 31.12.1993, his case was required to be considered for conferment of work charge status as per the law laid down by their Lordships of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Mool Raj Upadhyaya versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others, 1994 Supp.(2) SCC 316. 2. Consequently, the petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the case of petitioner for conferment of work charge status as Plumber-cum-Fitter 1 Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?. No. - 2 - immediately after completion of 10 years’ continuous service with 240 days in each calendar year w.e.f. 01.01.1990, within a period of eight weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this judgment by the petitioner. No costs. (Rajiv Sharma) Judge June 03, 2011. (bhupender) - 3 - `