IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No.6978 of 2022 Decided on: 17th June 2025 _________________________________________________________________ Jagdish Chand @ Ram …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and Anr …..Respondents. ______________________________________________________ Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua 1 Whether approved for reporting? _________________________________________________________________ For the petitioner: Mr. Arun Kumar, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. L.N.Sharma, Additional Advocate General. Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge CMP No. 13370 of 2025 Allowed and disposed of. CWP No. 6978 of 2022 With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, matter is heard at this stage. 2. Petitioner’s case is that his services were regularized on 01.01.1998 as Pump Operator. He served the 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? yes - 2 - respondent-Department for nine years and seven months on regular basis before his superannuation on 31.07.2007. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner had also rendered ten years of service as daily wager w.e.f. the year 1987 to 31.12.1997. Respondents have enclosed man days chart alongwith their reply to the writ petition in this regard. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is entitled to the benefit of decision rendered in Roop Lal Versus State of H.P. & Others2. In the aforesaid decision the Hon’ble Division Bench had directed the respondents to extend the benefit of law laid down in Sunder Singh Versus The State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors.3 and Balo Devi & others Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others4. SLP (C) No. 1007/2024 instituted by the State against the aforesaid decision has been dismissed by the Hon’ble Apex Court on 18.03.2025. 4. The above position is not in dispute. Hence, this writ petition is disposed of by directing respondent No.2/Competent Authority to consider the case of the 2 LPA No.196 of 2022, decided on 11.10.2023 3 Civil Appeal No.6309 of 2017, decided on 08.03.2018 4 Civil Appeal No.4792 of 2022, decided on 18.07.2022 - 3 - petitioner for grant of pension to him in light of decisions in Roop Lal2, Sunder Singh3 and Balo Devi4 within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at, shall be communicated to the petitioner. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also to stand disposed of. Jyotsna Rewal Dua Judge June 17, 2025 R.Atal