IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 4471 of 2010 Date of decision: 11.8.2010. Kumbru Ram ….. Petitioner. Vs. State of H.P. and others …. Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kuldip Singh, Judge. For the Petitioner : Mr. R.L.Chaudhary, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. R.K.Sharma, Sr. Additional Advocate General, for the respondents. Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The petitioner has prayed for following relief in the writ petition:- (i) That writ in the nature of mandamus may kindly be issued, directing the respondents to give work charged status/regularization to the petitioner as Forest Worker with all consequential benefits as per ratio laid down in Mool Raj Upadhaya Vs. State of H.P., as and when he completed 10 years of service since he was engaged on 1.1.1993 and till 3.3.2010 he has served the respondent department as daily wager for about 17 years as daily waged Forest Worker whereas, the petitioner was entitled for work charged status/regularization on 1.1.2003 with all consequential benefits such as; seniority, arrears of pay, promotion etc. whereas, the respondent department has given work charged status/regularization as Forest Worker to the petitioner vide order dated 3.3.2010 w.e.f. 21.1.2009. - 2 - (ii) That writ in the nature of mandamus may kindly be issued, directing the respondents to give the work charged status/regularization to the petitioner from the year 2003 when the similarly situated persons were given work charged status/regularization. 2. According to the petitioner his case is covered by the decision of the Supreme Court in Mool Raj Upadhyaya vs. State of H.P. and others 1994 Supplement (2) Supreme Court Cases 313. Therefore, it is for the petitioner to file an appropriate representation before the second respondent in which case the second respondent will look into the matter and take appropriate action in accordance with law. In the event of such representation being filed within a period of one month from today, the matter will be considered by the second respondent in accordance with law within a period of another four months. 3. With the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of, so also the pending applications, if any. Copy dasti. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice. August 11, 2010. (Justice Kuldip Singh), (Hem) Judge.