IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA C.W.P. No. 4375 of 2010 Decided on: 30th July, 2010. Anita 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 Petitioners: Mr. Lovneesh Kanwar, Advocate For the Respondents: Mr. R.K. Sharma, Sr. Addl. A.G. _________________________________________________________ Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The petitioners have filed this petition with the following prayer:- “That a writ of mandamus may kindly be issued to the respondents to consider the case of the present petitioners for regularizing their services after completion of five years service as trained nursery teacher as per notification dated 2.2.1999, Annexure P-6, i.e. with effect from the year 2002 instead from the year 2006 as has been done in the case of Smt. Sheila Devi and as ordered by this Hon’ble court vide its judgment dated 5.4.2010, passed in CWP(T) No. 15627 of 2008 with all consequential benefits.” 2. It is submitted that in the case of several similarly situated persons, regularization has been granted w.e.f. the date they completed five years, as per 2002 policy. Reference is also invited in CWP(T) No. 15627 of 2008, Karuna Devi Vs. State of H.P. and others, decided on 5.4.2010. In case similarly situated persons have been granted the benefit of regularization, the petitioners cannot be discriminated. 3. There will be a direction to the second respondent to look into the matter and take appropriate action, without discriminating the petitioners, within four months on the production of copy of this judgment alongwith the copy of the writ petition. The writ petition is disposed of, so also the pending application(s), if any. Copy dasti. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice (Rajiv Sharma), 30th July, 2010(K) Judge