1Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.7440, 7442 & 7446 of 2025 Date of decision: 07.05.2025 1. CWP No.7440 of 2025 Daya Ram. ...Petitioner. Versus HPSFC &Anr. ...Respondents. 2. CWP No.7442 of 2025 Gurdev Singh. ...Petitioner. Versus HPSFC & Anr. ...Respondents. 3. CWP No.7446 of 2025 Gurdyal Singh. ...Petitioner. Versus HPSFC & Anr. ...Respondents. Coram: Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the petitioners : Mr. Bonit Thakur, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Tarun K. Sharma, Advocate, vice Ms. Kiran Dhiman, Advocate Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. Tarun K. Sharma, Advocate, appears and waivesservice of notice on behalf of the respondents. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, matters are heard at this stage. -2- 2. Petitionersare serving in the respondent-Forest Corporation 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 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. 1Civil Appeal No.1595 of 2025, decided alongwith connected civil appeals on 06.02.2025. -3- These writ petitions stand disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua 7th May, 2025 Judge (Pardeep)