IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.4782 of 2025 alongwith connected matters Decided on: 2nd April, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. CWP No.4782 of 2025 Ram Chand …..Petitioner Versus H.P. State Forest Corporation and another .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CWP No.4788 of 2025 Subhash Chand …..Petitioner Versus H.P. State Forest Corporation and another .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. CWP No.4790 of 2025 Ram Chand …..Petitioner Versus H.P. State Forest Corporation and another .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. CWP No.4794 of 2025 Hem Raj Thakur …..Petitioner Versus H.P. State Forest Corporation and another .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 2 - 5. CWP No.4796 of 2025 Shyam Lal …..Petitioner Versus H.P. State Forest Corporation and another .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioners: Mr. Bonit Thakur, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Vijay Kumar Arora, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Lalita Sharma, Mr. D.S. Kainthla, Ms. Kiran Dhiman, and Mr. Rohit Kumar vice Mr. Rohan Ravi Verma, Advocate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Ms. Lalita Sharma, Mr. D.S. Kainthla. Ms. Kiran Dhiman and Mr. Rohit Kumar, Advocate appearing vice Mr. Rohan Ravi Verma, learned Counsel, appear and waive service of notice on behalf of the respondents in the respective petitions. 2. Petitioners are serving in the respondent-H.P. State Forest Development Corporation and have prayed for 1Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. - 3 - direction to the respondents to grant them work-charge status/regularization of services 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 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. The respondent-Corporation 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 case(s) of the petitioners in accordance with law laid down in Surajmani2 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. 2 Civil Appeal No.1595 of 2025, decided alongwith connected appeals on 06.02.2025 - 4 - The writ petitions stand disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua April 2, 2025 Judge R.Atal