CWP No. 1125/2007 24.8.2009:Present: Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. R. K. Sharma, Senior Additional Advocate General, Mr. P.K. Sharma, Additional Advocate General and Mr. J.K. Verma, Deputy Advocate General for the petitioner. It is not disputed by the petitioner-State that the present lis is squarely covered by a judgment rendered by this Court in CWP No. 150/2004, tilted State of Himachal Pradesh versus Lashkari Ram decided on 9.5.2007. Consequently, the petition is disposed of with the following directions: i) The workman is entitled to get the gratuity for the period w.e.f. 1987 to 31.12.1996 under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 with interest as per law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in H. Gangathanume Gowda versus Karnataka Agro Industries Corpn. Ltd. (2003) 3 SCC 40; ii) The workman is held entitled and is to be paid the gratuity w.e.f. 1.1.1997 to 29.2.2004 under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 with interest @ 9% per annum. No costs. (R.B. Misra), Acting Chief Justice. (Rajiv Sharma), Judge. August 24, 2009. *awasthi*