1Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.7444 &7448 of 2025 Date of decision: 07.05.2025 1. CWP No.7444 of 2025 Jagdev Singh &Anr. ...Petitioners. Versus State of H.P. & Ors. ...Respondents. 2. CWP No.7448 of 2025 Victoria. ...Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. & Ors. ...Respondents. Coram: Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the petitioners : Mr. Bonit Thakur, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. L.N. Sharma, Additional Advocate General, for respondent No.1-State. : Mr. Tarun K. Sharma, Advocate, vice Ms. Kiran Dhiman, Advocate, for respondents No.2 & 3. Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. L.N. Sharma, Additional Advocate General and Mr. Tarun K. Sharma, Advocate, appear and waive service of notice on behalf of respondent No.1 and respondents No.2 & 3, respectively. With the consent of -2- learned counsel for the parties, matters are heard at this stage. 2. Petitionersare serving in the respondent- Horticulture Department and have prayed for direction to the respondents to grant them work-charge status 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 these writ petitions and the relief prayed for by the petitioners is now covered by the decision rendered by the Hon’ble Apex Court in The State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. Versus Surajmani&Anr.1. The respondent-Department 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 1Civil Appeal No.1595 of 2025, decided alongwith connected civil appeals on 06.02.2025. -3- cases of the petitioners in accordance with law laid down in Surajmani1 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. These writ petitions stand disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua 7thMay, 2025 Judge (Pardeep)