Himachal Pradesh Housing and Urban Development Authority v. Prabha Kalthaik and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Common order dismissing four LPAs by H.P. Housing and Urban Development Authority (HIMUDA/HUDa) challenging Single Judge orders granting regularization to respondent no.1, engaged as Daily Wage Beldar on muster-roll but made to work as Clerks from inception of service; parity principle applied following earlier Himachal Pradesh High Court decisions Salochana Verma, Santosh Chauhan and Rajesh Kumar; appellant's own regularization proposal to State Government was rejected; bench: M.S. Ramachandra Rao, Chief Justice (oral) with Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge; decided 03.04.2024; respondent no.2 represented by Advocate General Anup Rattan; keywords: regularization, daily wage, muster roll, Beldar, Clerk, parity, similarly situated employees, Letters Patent Appeal, Himachal Pradesh.
What did the court decide?
Since relief of regularization has already been extended by this Court to other persons similarly situated like respondent nos.1 (Salochana Verma; Santosh Chauhan; Rajesh Kumar cases), this Court is not inclined to interfere with the orders passed by the learned Single Judge.