IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWPs No. 7589, 7590, 7591, 7592 & 7593 of 2010. Decided on: 15th December, 2010. 1. CWP No. 7589 of 2010. Balak Ram. vs. State of H.P. & ors. 2. CWP No.7590 of 2010. Manoj Kumar. vs. State of H.P. & ors. 3. CWP No. 7591 of 2010. Bhawani Dutt. Vs. State of H.P. & ors. 4. CWP No. 7592 of 2010. Yadav Chand. Vs. State of H.P. & ors. 5. CWP No.7593 of 2010. Gopal Dass. Vs. State of H.P. & ors. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Ahuja, Judge. For the petitioners : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Dogra, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General, with Mr. J.K. Verma, Dy. Advocate General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) These writ petitions are filed with the following prayer: “(A) That a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to give work charge status/regularize the services of the petitioner after completion of 10 years of daily waged service and monitory benefits with retrospective effect to the petitioner.” 2 2. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the cases are squarely covered by the decision of the Apex Court in Mool Raj Upadhyaya vs. State of H.P., 1994 Supp. (2) SCC 316. Therefore, it is for the petitioners to approach the first respondent within a period of one month, in which case the matter will be duly considered by the first 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. 3. The writ petitions are disposed of, so also the pending applications, if any. Dasti copy. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice 15th December, 2010 (Justice V.K. Ahuja), (tr) Judge. 3