IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA C.W.P. No. 6249 of 2011 Date of decision: August 4, 2011 Raj Kumar and others Petitioners Versus State of H.P. and others Respondents Coram The Hon’ble Mr.Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge For the Petitioner : Mr. Naresh Verma, Advocate For the State: Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General, with Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Additional Advocate General, and Mr. J.K. Verma, Deputy Advocate General . ___________________________________________________________ Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The writ petition is filed with the following prayers: “(i) That the respondents may be directed to regularize the services of the petitioners and give them work chare status as Forest Workers after completion of ten years of daily waged services. (ii) That the respondents may further be directed to grant all consequential benefits after his regularization of completion of ten years daily-wage service or work charged status after rendering ten years service.” 2. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the case is squarely covered by the decision of the Apex Court in Mool Raj Upadhyaya vs. State of H.P., 1994 Supp. (2) SCC 316. 2 3. Learned Deputy Advocate General points out that the factual aspects are to be verified by the competent authority. Petitioners submit that they would file appropriate representation(s) furnishing all factual details before the competent authority within a period of one month from today. It is always open for them to do so. Thereafter, the matter will be duly considered by the second respondent in the light of the judgment, referred to above and appropriate action in accordance with law will be taken within another four months from the date of receipt of the representation(s) along with a copy of this judgment and the copy of the judgment, referred to above by the petitioner concerned. 4. The writ petition is disposed of, so also the pending applications, if any. ( Justice Kurian Joseph ), Chief Justice August 4, 2011 (K) ( Justice Rajiv Sharma ), Judge