IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP(T) No. 9180 of 2008 Date of decision: 06.09.2011 ________________________________________________________________ Ranjeet Singh & others. .....Petitioners. Versus FC-cum-Secretary (Forests) to the Government of H.P. & others. .....Respondents. Coram The Hon'ble Mr. Justice V.K. Sharma, J. 1 Whether approved for reporting? No. ________________________________________________________________ For the petitioners: Mr. Archna Dutt, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. P.K. Sharma, Addl. AG with Mr. Anil Jaswal, Dy. AG. V.K. Sharma, J. (Oral). The petitioners, who were in the employment of the respondent-department as daily rated Beldars, have since been regularized as such w.e.f. 01.01.1998. However, they are basing their claim for regularization on and w.e.f. 01.01.1996, i.e., the date on which according to them they had completed 10 years' daily rated service, having put in 240 days in each calendar year in terms of the decision rendered by Hon'ble Apex Court in Mool Raj Upadhyaya vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others (1994) Suppl. (2) SCC 316. 2. In view of the above, if on facts, the case of the petitioners is covered under the judgment referred to hereinabove and they are similarly situate, they shall also be treated similarly without any discrimination and the benefit of the said judgment shall be 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? No. ...2... extended to them alongwith consequential benefits, if any, within three months from the date of production of copy of this judgment by the petitioners jointly or through their authorized representative. 3. The petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also pending CMP(s), if any. (V.K. Sharma) Judge 6th September, 2011 (virender)