Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?

For the Petitioner: Mr. Chandranarayana Singh, o Mr. Devender Sharma and Mr. Anshul Gandhi, Advocates.

For the Respondents: Mr. Sikander Bhushan, Deputy Advocate General, for respondents No.1 and 2.

Mr. Susheel Gautam, Advocate, for respondents No.3 and 4.

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Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents to regularize his contractual services on the post of Driver in the Forest Department/Society on completion of six years of contractual services, in terms of the applicable regularization policy.

Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes.

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and considered the case file.

2(i). The respondents constituted a Society, namely, the Himachal Pradesh Natural Resource Management Society (in short ‘HPNRMS’). The Society is stated to be part and parcel of the Forest Department. f

2(ii). A post of Driver was advertised by the respondent- Department in the year 2010. Petitioner applied for the post. He emerged successful and was appointed as Driver