IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No.4760 of 2025 Decided on: 2nd April, 2025 _________________________________________________________________ Sant Ram ....Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Ors. …Respondents _________________________________________________________________ Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua 1 Whether approved for reporting? _________________________________________________________________ For the petitioner: Mr. Amit Sharma, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Rajat Chaudhary, Assistant Advocate General, for respondents No. 1 to 3. Mr.Vinod Chauhan, Advocate, for respondent No.4. Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. Rajat Chaudhary, learned Assistant Advocate General and Mr. Vinod Chauhan, learned Counsel, appear and waives service of notice on behalf of respondents No. 1 to 3 and respondent No.4 respectively. 2. This writ petition has been filed for grant of following substantive reliefs:- 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? yes - 2 - “i) That the respondent may kindly be directed to count his army service towards pay fixation in terms of the judgment passed by the Hon'ble court in CWP No. 6443 of 2021 titled 'Babu Ram and others Vs State if H.P. (ii) That the respondents may be directed to release the arrears of pay, along-with interest at the rate of 9% forthwith.” 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has preferred a representation dated 25.04.2024 (Annexure P-2) to respondent No.2 for claiming the above reliefs. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner would be content in case respondent No.2/competent authority is directed to decide the aforesaid representation within a fixed time schedule. Learned counsel for the respondents are not averse to this prayer. 4. Having regard to the afore-submissions, but without examining the merits of the matter, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents/ competent authority to consider and decide the aforesaid representation of the petitioner dated 25.04.2024 (Annexure P-2) in accordance with law within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioner. - 3 - The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua Judge April 2, 2025 R.Atal