The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that abolition of the work-charged establishment in 2005 could not nullify a right that had already accrued in favour of the employee in 2003. Justice Ranjan Sharma remarked that: “Once a right for work charge status had accrued to the petitioner on completion of 8 years of continuous service w.e.f. 01.01.2003… the abolition of work charge establishment...