IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Civil Writ Petition No. 6879 of 2023 Date of Decision: 01.01.2026 _____________________________________________________________________ Rajesh Kumar ……...Petitioner Versus HRTC & Ors. …....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the Petitioner: Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Dheeraj K. Vashishta, Advocate. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral) This writ petition has been filed for grant of following substantive reliefs:- “(i) That respondent may kindly be directed to consider the case of petitioner for granting the two additional increments on completion of 20 years of service as per notification dated 10.09.2015 (Annexure P-1) as well as orders of This Hon'ble High Court which has been upheld by the Apex court. (ii) That the Impugned Office order of rejection dated 08.05.2023 (Annexure P-5) may kindly be quashed and set aside. (iii) That the Instruction dated 27.01.2023 (Annexure P-4) which is issued by respondent corporation just to sit over  the judgment of this Court  which is upheld by the apex Court may kindly be quashed and set aside.” 2. Respondents have also filed the reply. 3. At this stage, learned counsel for the respondents has placed on record office letter dated 20.12.2025 issued from respondent No.1 to its various offices across the State on the subject “Grant of two additional increments on completion of 20 years of regular service by Conductors-Consolidated instructions. Learned counsel submits that the consolidated instructions contained in the office letter dated 20.12.2025 take care of the grievances of the petitioner. The respondents shall consider the case of the petitioner afresh for grant of two additional increments on completion of 20 years  of service  in terms of consolidated instructions dated 20.12.2025. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner is also agreeable to the above instructions. He prays for setting aside the rejection order passed by the respondents in the case of the petitioner on 2 08.05.2023 (Annexure P-5), which is impugned  in the present writ petition. 5. In view of above, the impugned office order dated 08.05.2023 (Annexure P-5) is quashed and set aside. Respondents are directed to consider the case of the petitioner for grant of relief prayed for by him in light of consolidated instructions dated 20.12.2025. This exercise be carried out within a period of six weeks from today. The order so passed be also communicated to the petitioner. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. 01st January, 2026 (Sandeep Sharma), Shamsh Tabrez Judge 3