IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP(T) No. 57 of 2008 Decided on: 21.12.2010 Nathu Ram …Petitioner Versus H.P. Housing and Urban Development Authority …Respondents Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1. No For the petitioner : Mr. A.K. Gupta, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. C.N. Singh, Advocate. Rajiv Sharma, Judge (Oral) : Petitioner was appointed on daily wage basis in the month of November, 1985. As per the details contained in the reply, the petitioner had been working w.e.f. 1985 to 1997. A bare perusal of the same makes it abundantly clear that the petitioner had worked uninterruptedly from 1986 till 1995 for 10 years and had completed more than 240 days in each calender year. Since, the petitioner has been engaged before 31.12.1993, his case was required to be considered for conferment of work charge status, immediately after completion of 10 years' continuous service, in view of the law laid down by their Lordships of Hon'ble Supreme Court in Mool Raj Upadhyay Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others, 1994(2) SLR 377. 2. Consequently, the petition is disposed of with a direction to respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for conferment of 1 Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? No -2- work charge status immediately after completion of 10 years' continuous service, as per the dicta of Mool Raj Upadhyay's case, within a period of two months after the production of certified copy of this judgment. No costs. (Rajiv Sharma), Judge December 21, 2010 (K. Attri)