IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

207 CWP-14381-2001 Date of decision :-16.01.2023 Satpal Singh and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUVIR SEHGAL Present: Mr. Munish Mittal, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Saurabh Mohunta, DAG, Haryana for the respondents.

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SUVIR SEHGAL, J.

Instant petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to treat the petitioners as work charged employees from the date they were appointed till their regularization and count their services towards all benefits.

Petitioners, who are 08 in number, were appointed on different Group ‘D’ posts on work charge basis. Appointment letters of some of the petitioners, have been appended as Annexures P-1 to P-3. They worked as such till February/March, 1986, and thereafter, they were paid on daily wage basis, despite the fact that the posts were available. By order dated 29.04.1993, Annexure P-4, services of all the petitioners were regularized with effect from 01.04.1993. Petitioners claim that their service is liable to be considered