IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.5429 of 2023 Date of Decision: 06.01.2026 _______________________________________________________ Ambika Parsad …….Petitioner Versus Himachal Road Transport Corporation & Anr. … Respondents _______________________________________________________ Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? 1 For the Petitioner: Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Vinod Gupta, Advocate. ____________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, Judge(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 by taking into consideration the fact that petitioner has worked with respondent-Corporation on the same post of conductor for 34 years; (ii) That the Impugned Office order of rejection dated 10.05.2023 (Annexure P-5) may kindly be quashed and set aside.” 2. 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. 1Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 3. 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 10.05.2023 (Annexure P-5), which is impugned in the present writ petition. 5. In view of above, the impugned office order dated 10.05.2023 (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. (Sandeep Sharma), Judge January 06,2026 (shankar)