IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 341 of 2011 a/w CWP Nos. 351, 354, 357, 364, 365, 366, 369 and 379 of 2011 Decided on: 22nd February, 2011. 1. CWP No. 341 of 2011 Damodari Devi vs. State of H.P. & ors. 2. CWP No. 351 of 2011 Hira Lal vs. State of H.P. & ors. 3. CWP No. 354 of 2011 Suresh Kumar vs. State of H.P. & ors. 4. CWP No. 357 of 2011 Sakambru vs. State of H.P. & ors. 5. CWP No. 364 of 2011 Raj Kumar vs. State of H.P. & ors. 6. CWP No. 365 of 2011 Roshan Lal vs. State of H.P. & ors. 7. CWP No. 366 of 2011 Biri Dutt vs. State of H.P. & ors. 8. CWP No. 369 of 2011 Naseeb Singh vs. State of H.P. & ors. 9. CWP No. 379 of 2011 Dharam Singh vs. State of H.P. & ors. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Karol, Judge. For the petitioner(s) : Mr. Raju Ram Rahi, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Addl. A.G. and Mr. J.K. Verma, Dy.A.G. 2 Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) These writ petitions are filed with the identical prayers, one set of such prayers is as under: i) That the respondents may kindly be directed to grant work charge status to the petitioner w.e.f. 1.1.2007 the day when the petitioner has completed 8 years continuous service by issuing a writ of mandamus. ii) That the respondents may be directed to grant seniority and consequential benefits from back date. 2. According to the petitioners, the case is covered by the decision of this Court in CWP No. 2735 of 2010, titled as Rakesh Kumar versus State of H.P. and others. It is for the petitioners to point out the same before the second respondent. In the event of the petitioners filing individual representation along with a copy of the judgment referred to above, the matter will be duly examined by the second respondent after verifying the facts and appropriate action in accordance with law in the matter will be taken within another four months. 3. The writ petitions are disposed of, so also the pending application(s) if any. Dasti copy. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice 22nd February, 2011 ( Justice Sanjay Karol ), (rana/pankaj) Judge.