IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. LPA No.170 of 2011 & LPA No.173 of 2011. Decided on: 23rd September, 2011. LPA No.170 of 2011: Municipal Corporation, Shimla. …Appellant. Versus Liaq Ram and another … Respondents. LPA No.173 of 2011: Municipal Corporation, Shimla. …Appellant. Versus Kewala Devi … Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Ahuja, Judge. For the appellant(s): Mr. Shrawan Dogra, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. Dalip K. Sharma, Advocate for respondent No.1 in both the appeals. Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General, with Mr.Ankush Dass Sood, Addl.A.G., and Mr. J.K. Verma, Dy. Advocate General for respondent No.2 in both the appeals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The Corporation has come up in appeal aggrieved by the common judgment dated 24.2.2011 passed in CWP Nos.5984 of 2010 and 5985 of 2010. The operative portion of the judgment reads as follows:- “In view of the aforesaid facts, I feel that the interest of justice will be served in case a direction is issued to the Municipal Corporation to pay the petitioners w.e.f. 9th September, 2010 i.e. the date 2 when these petitions were filed, minimum salary which is being paid to a regular class-IV employee of the Municipal Corporation. This direction is issued because the petitioners who are the employees of the Corporation cannot be paid salary less than their counterpart class-IV employees who are working on regular basis. These directions be complied with latest by 31st May, 2011. The Corporation shall also make an endeavour to regularize the services of the petitioners latest by 31st December, 2011.” 2. Learned Single Judge has discussed the factual matrix in detail in the preceding paragraphs of the judgment. We do not think that the Corporation should feel aggrieved since the learned Single Judge has only extended the ends of justice to the poor Class-IV employees who have been rendering excellent service like any other Class-IV employee in the Corporation. Therefore, it is only just, fair, proper and reasonable that such employees who do the similar nature of work under the Corporation are also given parity in terms of the wages as that of the workers of the Corporation. 3. However, learned counsel for the Corporation points out that the Corporation will have practical difficulties in implementing the directions issued by the learned Single Judge for regularizing the services on or before 31.12.2011. It is pointed out that there are other employees in the Corporation who have been waiting for long for regularization in terms of the policy of the Government. Therefore, it is made clear that the implementation of the direction of the 3 learned Single Judge for regularization of the writ petitioners will be taken up alongwith the regularization of the other employees of the Corporation. Needless also to say that before regularizing any of the employees of the Corporation who joined service after the Writ Petitioners, their cases will be considered. 4. With the above direction, the appeals are disposed of, so also the pending application(s), if any. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice 23rd September, 2011 (Justice V.K. Ahuja), (mlg/tilak) Judge.