IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. C.W.P. (T) No. 11792 of 2008. Decided on 10th March, 2011. _____________________________________________________ Nirmala Devi. …Petitioner. -Versus- State of H.P. and another. …Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 No. __________________________________________________________ For the petitioner. : Mr. Bhuvnesh Sharma, Advocate. For the respondents. : Mr. P.M. Negi, Deputy Advocate General with Mr. R.P. Singh, Assistant Advocate General. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajiv Sharma, Judge (Oral): Case of the original petitioner, namely, Jagmohan Sharma (deceased), in a nut-shell, is that he was engaged on daily wage basis w.e.f. January, 1990. He had continuously worked for more than 10 years and had completed 240 days in a block of twelve calendar months. However, he has been regularized w.e.f. 26th December, 2002. In the instant case, since the original petitioner was appointed before 31.12.1993, his case was required to be considered for conferment of work charge status immediately after completion 10 years’ continuous service as per the ratio laid down in Mool Raj Upadhyaya versus State of H.P. and others, 1994 Supplement (2) Supreme Court Cases 316. 2. Consequently, the petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner 1 Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?. No. - 2 - for conferment of work charge status immediately after completion of 10 years’ continuous service w.e.f. 1990 with 240 days in each calendar year, with all consequential benefits, within a period of two months from the date of production of a certified copy of this judgment by the petitioner. No costs. (Rajiv Sharma) Judge March 10, 2011. (bhupender) - 3 - `