IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.4552 of 2021 Decided on: 28th April, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neena Sharma & Anr …..Petitioners Versus State of H.P. & Ors .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioners: Mr. Bonit Thakur, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Sikandar Bhushan, Deputy Advocate General with Mr. Rajat Chaudhary, Assistant Advocate General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Heard. 2. Petitioners are serving in the respondent- H.P. Public Works Department and have prayed for direction to the respondents to grant them work-charge status/ regularization of services from the date they completed eight years of service with all incidental benefits. 3. Learned counsel for the parties have jointly submitted that the issue involved in the writ petition and the reliefs prayed for by the petitioners are now covered by the 1Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. - 2 - decision rendered by the Hon’ble Apex Court in The State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. Versus Surajmani & Anr.2. The respondent-State was also the appellants before the Hon’ble Supreme Court in some of the connected matters. Learned counsel for the parties also submit that this writ petition be disposed of in terms of the aforesaid decision. 4. In view of the stand taken by learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the aforesaid judgment, the writ petition is disposed of with direction to the respondents/Competent Authority to consider the case of the petitioners in accordance with law laid down in Surajmani2 and pass accordingly appropriate orders in accordance with law within six weeks from today. Copy of order so passed be also communicated to the petitioners. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua April 28, 2025 Judge R.Atal 2 Civil Appeal No.1595 of 2025, decided alongwith connected appeals on 06.02.2025