IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.9221 of 2025 Date of Decision: 6.6.2025 _____________________________________________________________________ Smt. Chhering Gatuk ……...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and Anr. …....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the Petitioner: Mr. Ravinder Singh Jaswal and Mr. Mohar Chand Bhardwaj, Advocates. For the respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. Rajan Kahol, Mr. Vishal Panwar and Mr. B.C. Verma, Additional Advocates General and Mr. Ravi Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral) By way of instant petition, petitioner has prayed for following main reliefs:- “i) That the respondents may be directed to grant benefits of extension in services to the petitioner in terms of notification dated 24.09.2015 and 30.11.2015. ii) That the writ in the nature of mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or directions may kindly be issued directing the respondents to pay the petitioner the same pay as he was drawing at the time of his retirement and shall also continue to avail the benefit of increment granted to him in lieu of the state Award, in view of the Policy dated 20.09.2015 coupled with the Clarification dated 18.04.2017 (P-7).” - 2 - 2. Before reply, if any, could be called for from the respondents, learned counsel for the petitioner states that his client would be content and satisfied in case directions are issued to the respondents to consider case of the petitioner in light of CWP No. 2683 of 2024 titled Bhupender Gupta v. State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors., decided on 10.3.2025, in time bound manner. 3. While putting in appearance on behalf of the respective respondents, Mr. B.C. Verma, learned Additional Advocate General, states that he is not averse to the aforesaid innocuous prayer made by the petitioner. 4. Consequently, in view of the above, this Court without going into the merits of the case, deems it fit to dispose of the present petition with a direction to the respondents to consider and decide the case of the petitioner in light of Bhupender Gupta (supra) expeditiously, preferably within a period of four weeks. Ordered accordingly. Needless to say, authority concerned, while doing the needful in terms of instant order, shall afford an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and pass a speaking order thereupon. Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of. June 6, 2025 (Sandeep Sharma), (manjit) Judge