IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP(T) No. 16119 of 2008. Date of decision: 11.4.2011 Mauji Ram …. Petitioner Versus State of H.P & ors. .... Respondents Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta, J. Whether approved for reporting ? No For the petitioner: Mr.A.K.Gupta, Advocate. For the respondents: Sh.Vivek Singh Thakur, Additional Advocate General. Deepak Gupta, J.(Oral) By means of this petition, the petitioner has claimed that he should be granted work charge status on completion of 10 years service in accordance with the scheme approved by the Apex Court in Mool Raj Upadhyaya Vs. State of H.P and Others, 1994, Supplementary (2) Supreme Court Cases 316. This Court in Gauri Dutt & ors. Vs. State of H.P Latest HJL 2008 (HP) 366 clearly held that the benefit of the scheme approved in Mool Raj Upadhyaya’s case is 2 not available to those daily waged employees who had not completed 240 days of service prior to 31.12.1993. The respondents have filed the mandays chart of the petitioner and as per this chart, the petitioner has not completed 240 days of service in any calendar year prior to 31.12.1993. Therefore, the petitioner is not entitled to the benefit of this scheme. However, the case of the petitioner for grant of work charge status/regularization shall be considered in accordance with the subsequent scheme(s) framed by the State Government from time to time. The petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. No order as to costs. April 11, 2011 (Deepak Gupta) (m) Judge