H.P. HOUSING BOARD vs OM PAL

The Supreme Court upheld the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal's order directing the Himachal Pradesh Housing Board to consider the regularization of daily wage labourers under the Himachal Pradesh Housing Board Act, 1972. The Court emphasized that the Board must follow the principles established in Mool Raj Upadhyaya v. State of Himachal Pradesh, 1994 Supp. (2) SCC 316, regarding the treatment of workmen and the principle of 'last come first go'. The appeal was dismissed, affirming the Tribunal's decision to not award back wages but to consider service continuity for regularization purposes.