IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP Nos.15148 & 15150 of 2025 Decided on: 19.09.2025 _________________________________________________________________ 1. CWP No. 15148 of 2025 Tilak Raj ....Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Ors …Respondents _________________________________________________________________ 2. CWP No. 15150 of 2025 Prabhat Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Ors …Respondents _________________________________________________________________ Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua 1 Whether approved for reporting? _________________________________________________________________ For the petitioners: Mr. Bonit Prakash, Advocate . For the respondents: Mr. Y.P.S.Dhaulta, Additional Advocate General. Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. Y.P.S.Dhaulta, learned Additional Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. Petitioners are serving in the respondent- I&PH Department and have prayed for direction to the respondents 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? yes - 2 - to grant them work charge status from the date they completed eight years of service with all incidental benefits. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the issue involved in the writ petition and the relief prayed for by the petitioner is now covered by the decision rendered by the Hon’ble Apex Court in The State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. Versus Surajmani & Anr.2. The respondent- Department was also the appellant before the Hon’ble Supreme Court in some of the connected matters. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioners would be satisfied in case the respondents are directed to examine their 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 writs 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 Surajmani2 and pass appropriate order in accordance with 2 Civil Appeal No.1595 of 2025, decided alongwith connected civil appeals on 06.02.2025 - 3 - law within six weeks from today. Copy of the order so passed, be also communicated to the petitioners. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also to stand disposed of. Jyotsna Rewal Dua September 19, 2025 Judge R.Atal