IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP (T) No. 4089 of 2008. Decided on: 25th October, 2010. Chet Ram & others. .….. Petitioners. Versus State of H.P. & others. …. .. Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kuldip Singh, Judge. For the petitioners : Mr. K.C. Sankhyan, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Addl. Advocate General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The writ petition is filed with the following prayers: (a) The respondents may kindly be directed to pay wages to the applicants at the rate of Rs.42.50 since 1.1.1994. (b) The respondents may also be directed to pay arrears to the applicants w.e.f. 1.1.1994 to 31.3.1995.” 2. It is submitted that the matter is squarely covered by the decision of the Supreme Court in Mool Raj Upadhyaya vs. State of H.P. (SC), 1994 (2) SLR 377 and various subsequent judgments of this Court. There will be a direction to respondents No.2 and 3 to examine the case of the petitioners and in case they are similarly situated as the petitioners covered by the cases, referred to above, and in case those petitioners have been paid the arrears of wages, the petitioners herein also shall also be paid the arrears of wages with effect from the date as claimed by the petitioners 2 within a period of two months from the date of production of a copy of this judgment by the petitioners. 3. The writ petition is disposed of, so also the pending applications, if any. Dasti copy. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice 25th October, 2010 (Justice Kuldip Singh), (tr) Judge.