IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP Nos.9616 & 9618/2025 Decided on: 18th June, 2025 1. CWP No. 9616/2025 Jagdeep Kumar …..Petitioner Versus H.P. Housing & Urban Development Authority .....Respondent 2. CWP No. 9618/2025 Suresh Kumar …..Petitioner Versus H.P. Housing & Urban Development Authority .....Respondent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Bonit Parkash, Advocate, vice Mr A.K. Gupta, Advocate. For the Respondent(s): Mr. C.N. Singh, Advocate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. C.N. Singh, learned counsel, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondent(s) in both the petitions. 1 Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. 2 2. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the matters are heard at this stage. 3. Petitioners are serving in the respondent- Housing & Urban Development Authority 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. 4. 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. 5. 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 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. 2 Civil Appeal No.1595 of 2025, decided alongwith connected civil appeals on 06.02.2025 3 The writ petitions stand disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua June 18, 2025 Judge rohit