IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP(T) No. 16090 of 2008. Date of decision: 11.4.2011 Pratap Singh & ors. …. Petitioner Versus State of H.P & ors. .... Respondents Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta, J. Whether approved for reporting ? No For the petitioners: Mr.L.N.Sharma, Advocate. For the respondents: Sh.Vivek Singh Thakur, Additional Advocate General. Deepak Gupta, J.(Oral) By means of this petition, the petitioners have claimed that they should be granted work charge status on completion of 10 years service in accordance with the scheme approved by the Apex Court in Mool Raj Upadhyaya Vs. State of H.P and Others, 1994, Supplementary (2) Supreme Court Cases 316. This Court in Gauri Dutt & ors. Vs. State of H.P Latest HJL 2008 (HP) 366 clearly held that the benefit of the scheme approved in Mool Raj Upadhyaya’s case is 2 not available to those daily waged employees who had not completed 240 days of service prior to 31.12.1993. The respondents have filed the mandays chart of the petitioners and as per this chart, the petitioners have not completed 240 days of service in any calendar year prior to 31.12.1993. Therefore, the petitioners are not entitled to the benefit of this scheme. However, the case of the petitioners for grant of work charge status/regularization shall be considered in accordance with the subsequent scheme(s) framed by the State Government from time to time. The petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. No order as to costs. April 11, 2011 (Deepak Gupta) (m) Judge