IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No.6983 of 2022 th Decided on 22 April 2026 Joginder Singh and others …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others …Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge

1 Whether approved for reporting? Yes For the petitioners: Ms. Anjali Soni Verma, Advocate.

For the respondents: Mr. Pushpinder Jaswal, Additional Advocate General.

Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge (Oral By way of this writ petition, the petitioners have, inter alia, prayed for the following reliefs:-

“i. That the office order dated 01.03.2016 contained in Annexure P-4 whereby the claim of the petitioner for grant of pay scale of Rs.800- 1455 revised to Rs.2520-4140 has been rejected may kindly be quashed and set aside.

ii. That the respondents may kindly be directed to give the scale of Rs.800-1455 to the petitioner w.e.f. his regularization by further directing the respondents to give the revised scale of Rs.2720-4260 w.e.f. 01.01.1996.”

2. The case of the petitioners is that they were initially engaged on daily wage basis and upon completion of 1.0 years of daily wage service, their services were regularized. According to the petitioners, their serviceHs we