IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP (T) No. 11116/2008 Decided on:21.12.2010 _____________________________________________ Gurdev Singh. …Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. and others. …Respondents. ________________________________________________________ Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 No For the petitioner : Mr. Onkar Jairath, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. P.M. Negi, Dy. Advocate General. _____________________________________________________ Rajiv Sharma, Judge (oral). Case of the petitioner, in a nutshell, is that he ought to have been conferred with work charge status immediately after the completion of ten years continuous service with 240 days in each calendar year. 2. Mr. Onkar Jairath has drawn the attention of the court to copy of mandays’ chart (Annexure R-IV). It is evident from the perusal of mandays’ chart Annexure R-IV that the petitioner has completed ten years continuous service 1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? No 2 with 240 days in each calendar year with effect from 1990 onwards. His case was required to be considered as per the law laid down by their Lordships of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Mool Raj Upadhyaya versus State of H.P. and others, 1994 Supp (2) SCC 316 since the petitioner had been engaged before 1990 and had completed 240 days from 1991 till 2001. 3. Accordingly, the petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for the grant of work charge status in accordance with the law laid down in above cited judgment within a period of two months from the date of production of certified copy of this judgment by the petitioner. No costs. (Rajiv Sharma), Judge 21.12.2010 *awasthi*