IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP (T) No. 6785/2008 Decided on:14.9.2010 _____________________________________________ Narender Singh Naik. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents. _______________________________________________________ Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 No For the petitioner : Mrs. Ranjana Parmar, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. P.M. Negi, Dy. Advocate General with Mr. R.P. Singh, Asstt. Advocate General. ____________________________________________________ Rajiv Sharma, Judge (oral). Petitioner was appointed as Junior Engineer vide order dated 3.1.1995 on contract basis by following due selection process. He has been regularized as per submission of Mrs. Ranjana Parmar in the year 2008. 2. Mrs. Ranjana Parmar submits that the respondents are not counting the period the petitioner has worked on contract basis with effect from 1995 till the date of his regularization. 1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 3. The issue raised in this petition is no more res integra in view of the law laid down by their Lordships of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Direct Recruit Class II engineering Officers’ Assocation versus State of Maharashtra and others, (1990) 2 SCC 715. 4. Accordingly, the petition is allowed. Respondents are directed to consider the case of the petitioner for counting the period he has worked on contract basis with effect from 1995 till regularization with all the consequential benefits in view of the principles laid down in the judgment cited hereinabove. Needful be done within a period of ten weeks after the receipt of certified copy of this judgment by the petitioner. No costs. (Rajiv Sharma), Judge 14.9.2010 *awasthi*