Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP Nos.12060, 12062, 12064 & 12068 of 2025 Date of decision: 05.08.2025 1. CWP No.12060 of 2025 Sohan Singh. ...Petitioner. Versus State of HP and Ors. ...Respondents. 2. CWP No.12062 of 2025 Chander Singh. ...Petitioner. Versus State of HP and Ors. ...Respondents. 3. CWP No.12064 of 2025 Kishori Lal. ...Petitioner. Versus State of HP and Ors. ...Respondents. 4. CWP No.12068 of 2025 Naresh Kumar. ...Petitioner. Versus State of HP and Ors. ...Respondents. Coram: Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the petitioners : Mr. C.N. Singh, Dr. Nidhi Singh, Mr. Devender K. Sharma and Mr. Anshul Gandhi, Advocates. -2- For the respondent(s) : Mr. Y.P.S. Dhaulta, Additional Advocate General, for respondents-State. : Mr. Tek Chand Chauhan, Advocate, for respondent- Accountant General. Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. Y.P.S. Dhaulta, learned Additional Advocate General and Mr. Tek Chand Chauhan, Advocate, appear and waive service of notice on behalf of respondent- State and respondent-Accountant General, respectively. 2. Petitioners are serving in the respondent-I&PH 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 vice counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that the issue involved in the writ petitions and the relief 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.1 The respondent-Department was also the appellant before the Hon’ble Supreme Court in some of the connected matters. Learned vice counsel further submits that the petitioners 1 Civil Appeal No.1595 of 2025, decided alongwith connected civil appeals on 06.02.2025 -3- would be satisfied in case the respondents are directed to examine their respective cases in light of the aforesaid judgment within a fixed time schedule. Learned Additional Advocate General is not averse to this prayer. 4. Having regard to the afore-submissions, but without examining the merits of the matters, these writ petitions are disposed of with direction to the respondents/ competent authority to consider and decide the respective cases of the petitioners in accordance with law laid down in Surajmani1 and pass appropriate orders 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 5th August, 2025 Judge (Pardeep)