IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. LPA No.: 264 of 2011. Decided on: 12.10.2011. State of Himachal Pradesh and others. … Appellants. Versus Smt. Lata Devi @ Champa. … Respondent. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, C. J. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, J. For the Appellants : Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Addl. Advocate General and Mr. J.K. Verma, Deputy Advocate. For the Respondent : Mr. H.K. Paul, Advocate. Justice Rajiv Sharma, J. (Oral) CMP (M) No. 858 of 2011. Heard. Application is allowed and the delay in filing the appeal is condoned. Application stands disposed of. LPA No. 264 of 2011. This Letter Patent Appeal is directed against the judgment passed by the learned single Judge in Lata Devi @ - 2 - Champa Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others, CWP(T) No.7508 of 2008, dated 9.11.2010. 2. Material facts necessary for the adjudication of this letter patent appeal are that the husband of the respondent was engaged on daily wage basis in the month of December, 1989 with the respondent-department. He had worked for 31 days only in 1989 and thereafter he has worked continuously for more than eight years and completed 240 days in a block of twelve calendar months. He died in a motor accident on 15.1.1999. However, the fact of the matter is that his services were not regularised. The wife of the workman filed Original Application before the erstwhile learned Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, which was converted to CWP(T) No.7508 of 2008 after the abolition of the learned Tribjnal, seeking regularisation with effect from the due date. The learned single Judge has ordered the regularisation of the services of late Shri Chuni Lal with effect from the date he had completed eight years of continues service. 3. We have gone through the judgment rendered by learned single Judge and the pleadings carefully. The case of the workman was covered under the instructions issued vide letter dated 8.7.1999 since he had completed more than eight years of continuous service with minimum 240 days in each calendar year on 31.3.1999. Consequently, there is no illegality in the judgment, dated 9.11.2010 passed by the learned single Judge. - 3 - 4. Accordingly, in view of the observations and discussion made hereinabove, there is no merit in this letter patent appeal and the same is dismissed, so also the pending application(s), if any. No costs. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice October 12, 2011. (Justice Rajiv Sharma), (sck) Judge.