IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWPs No.1461, 1462, 1464, 1465, 1466, 1467, 1468 and 1486 of 2011. Decided on: 25th March, 2011. 1. CWP No.1461 of 2011. Kanta Devi. Vs. State of H.P. & others. 2. CWP No.1462 of 2011. Dev Raj. Vs. State of H.P. & others. 3. CWP No.1464 of 2011. Jalam Singh. Vs. State of H.P. & others. 4. CWP No.1465 of 2011. Bhim Singh. Vs. State of H.P. & others. 5. CWP No.1466 of 2011. Mangat Ram. Vs. State of H.P. & others. 6. CWP No.1467 of 2011. Bal Dassi. Vs. State of H.P. & others. 7. CWP No.1468 of 2011. Rigzin Dolma. Vs. State of H.P. & others. 8. CWP No.1486 of 2011. Chet Ram. Vs. State of H.P. & others. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Ahuja, Judge. For the petitioners : Mr. Narender Sharma, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General, with Mr. J.K. Verma, Dy. Advocate General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The writ petitions are filed with the following prayer: 2 “(i) To issue writ of mandamus directing the respondent Department to regularize the services of the petitioner w.e.f. the date he/she completed 10 years of services as part time worker/sweeper strictly in accordance with the extent Recruitment and Promotion Rules with all consequential benefit.” 2. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the issue is squarely covered by the judgment dated 31.12.2010 rendered in CWP No. 8064 of 2010 titled Pushpa Devi vs. State of H.P. and others. In case the petitioners herein are also similarly situated as the petitioners in the judgment referred to above, similar treatment shall be extended to the petitioners herein also. We make it clear that the consideration shall be made in terms of the Rules as existing at the time of occurrence of vacancy. It is also clarified that the nomenclature between the part time workers and part time sweepers shall not make any difference since Rules speaks of the part time workers whether they sweep or whether they do any other work. With these observations, the writ petitions are disposed of so also the pending applications, if any. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice 25th March, 2011. (Justice V.K. Ahuja), (tr/K) Judge.