IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 7438 of 2025 a/w connected matters Decided on: 15th May, 2025 ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ 1.  CWP No.7438 of 2025 Param Dev …..Petitioner Versus H.P. State Forest Corporation & Anr. .....Respondents ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ 2.  CWP No.7452 of 2025 Baldev Kumar …..Petitioner Versus H.P. State Forest Corporation & Anr. .....Respondents ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ 3.  CWP No.7454 of 2025 Tula Ram …..Petitioner Versus H.P. State Forest Corporation & Anr. .....Respondents ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioners: Mr. Bonit Thakur, Advocate vice Mr. A.K. Gupta, Advocate. For the Respondents: Ms. Kamakshi Tarlokta, Advocate, for 1Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. 2 the respondents in CWP No.7438/2025 Ms.   Kiran   Dhiman,   Advocate,   for   the respondents in CWP No.7452/2025 Mr.   Vijay   Kumar   Arora,   Sr.   Advocate with Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Advocate, for respondents in CWP No.7454/2025 ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice.   Ms.   Kamakshi   Tarlokta,   Mr.   Kiran Dhiman and Mr. Gourav Kumar, 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 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 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 2 Civil Appeal No.1595 of 2025, decided alongwith connected civil appeals on 06.02.2025 3 matters. Learned counsel for the parties also submit that these writ petitions be disposed of in terms of the directions issued in 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 respective cases of the petitioners in accordance with law laid down in  Surajmani2  and pass appropriate order in accordance with law within six weeks from today. Copy of the   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 15, 2025 Judge rohit