IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP Nos. 7368 & 7370 of 2025 Decided on: 05.05.2025 ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ 1.  CWP No. 7368 of 2025 Suresh Kumar …..Petitioner Versus H.P. State Forest Corporation and another .....Respondents ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ 2.  CWP No. 7370 of 2025 Raj Singh …..Petitioner Versus H.P. State Forest Corporation and another .....Respondents ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioners: Mr. Bonit Thakur, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Vijay Kumar Arora, Sr. Advocate with Mr.   Hitansh   Raj,   D.S.   Kainthla, Advocates. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. Hitansh Raj and   Mr. D.S. Kainthla, 1 Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. learned Counsel, appear and waive service of notice on behalf of the respondents in the respective petitions. 2. Petitioners   are   serving   in   the   respondent­H.P. State Forest Development Corporation and have prayed for direction   to   the   respondents   to   grant   them   work­charge 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 petitions and the reliefs prayed for by the petitioners are now covered by the decision rendered by the Hon’ble Apex Court in The State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. Versus Surajmani & Anr.2. The respondent­Corporation   was   also   the   appellant   before   the Hon’ble Supreme Court in some of the connected matters. Learned counsel for the parties also submit that these writ petitions 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, these writ petitions are disposed of with direction to   the   respondents/Competent   Authority   to   consider   the 2 Civil Appeal No.1595 of 2025, decided alongwith connected appeals on 06.02.2025 2 case(s) 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 petitions stand disposed of in the above terms,   so   also   the   pending   miscellaneous   application(s),   if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua May 05, 2025 Judge Rohit 3