IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 5209 of 2010 Date of decision: 25.8.2010. Joginder Singh ….. Petitioner. Vs. Secretary (Forest) to the Govt. of HP & Ors. …. Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kuldip Singh, Judge. For the Petitioner : Mr. M,L.Sharma, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. R.K.Sharma, Senior Addl. Advocate General. Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The petitioner has filed the petition with the following prayers:- “(i) To direct the respondents to give work charged status to the petitioner on the post of Choukidar w.e.f. 1.1.1999 with all consequential reliefs. 2. Inviting reference of the judgment of the Supreme Court in Mool Raj Upadhyaya vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others, 1994 Supp (2) SCC 316 and that of this Court in Gauri Dutt and Ors. vs. State of H.P. Latest HLJ 2008 (HP) 366, it is submitted that the petitioner is entitled to conferment of work charged status. There will be a direction to the first respondent to make a final decision on Annexure – P/1 within a period of one month from the date of production of copy of this judgment along with a copy of the writ petition by the petitioner. - 2 - 3. With these observations, the writ petitions are disposed of, so also the pending applications, if any. Copy dasti. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice. August 25, 2010 (Justice Kuldip Singh), (Hem) Judge.