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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
GURMEET SINGH SANDHAWALIA, CJ., BIPIN CHANDER NEGI
State of HP – Appellant
Versus
Hari Krishan – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. continuous daily wage service in watershed projects since 2000. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. society policy denies government regularization to project staff. (Para 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. precedents uphold work charge status after eight years. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11) |
| 4. similarity admission requires parity in regularization relief. (Para 12) |
| 5. perennial duties and ad-hocism justify employee regularization. (Para 13 , 14) |
| 6. prolonged service generates legitimate regularization expectation. (Para 15) |
| 7. unequal bargaining power voids unfair employment terms. (Para 16) |
| 8. single judge order upheld; appeal dismissed. (Para 17) |
JUDGMENT :
BIPIN CHANDER NEGI, J.
The present Letters Patent Appeal has been filed against the impugned judgment dated 30th June, 2025, whereby the present appellants have been directed to consider the case of the present respondent for grant of work charge status and regularization of the service of the present respondent from the due date, in accordance with law as laid down in Sant Ram and another vs. State of H.P bearing CWPOA No. 3562 of 2019 decided on 6.9.2022, and Bhupender Singh Mehta and another vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and another bearing CWPOA No. 29
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