SAURABH DHIMAN v. THE JOGINDRA CENTRAL COOPERATIVE BANK LTD AND ANOTHER
CWP/7027/2025 · 2025-09-16
Sandeep Sharma
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[ 2025 DAILYLAW 11346 (HP) · dailylaw.ai ]
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Civil Writ Petition No. 7027 of 2025 Date of Decision: 16.09.2025 _____________________________________________________________________ Saurabh Dhiman ……...Petitioner Versus Jogindra Central Co-operative Bank Ltd. & Anr. …....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the Petitioner: Mr. Vijay Kumar Arora, Senior Advocate, with Ms. Godawari, Mr. Gaurav Kumar and Mr. Hitansh Raj, Advocates. For the respondents: Mr. Arvind Sharma, Advocate. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral) By way of instant petition, petitioner has prayed for following reliefs:
“i)That a writ in the nature of certiorary may kindly be issued thereby quashing and setting aside office order dated 30.12.2024 (P-4), whereby pay of petitioner has been fixed in Level 3 (Cell 1) at Rs.20,200/- Basic. ii). That, a writ in the nature of mandamus may very kindly be issued thereby directing the respondent to fix the pay of the petitioner on his regularization as Executive Assistant in Level 9 (Cell 1) at Rs. 35,600/- Basic which corresponding to initial level of pay band of 10,300-34800+3200 grade pay. iii) That the respondent be also directed to grant two increments to the petitioner earned by him during his contract service and thereafter, fix his pay in Level 9 (Cell 3) at Rs. 37,800/- and pay him all the arrears, incidental thereto.”
2. Vide order dated 30.04.2025, this Court, directed the respondents to file reply within a period of six weeks but Mr. Arvind Sharma, learned counsel representing the respondents/Bank, states that for redressal of grievance of the petitioner, as has been highlighted in the present petition and further canvassed by Mr. Vijay Kumar Arora, learned Senior Counsel, representing petitioner, the Managing Director, Joginder Central Cooperative Bank Ltd has constituted a committee for resolution of pay anomaly among Contractual Employees and Regular Employees appointed on Compassionate Grounds. He further states that Committee appointed by Managing Director, Joginder Central Cooperative Bank Ltd shall take appropriate decision expeditiously. 3. Having carefully perused averments of the petition, this Court finds that petitioner herein is aggrieved on account of pay anomaly inter se contractual employees and regular employees.
Since, having taken note of afore grouse of the petition, Managing Director, Joginder Central Cooperative Bank Ltd has already constituted a committee in the Month of April, 2025, this Court deems it fit to dispose of the present petition with the direction to the committee constituted by Managing Director, Joginder Central Cooperative Bank 2
Ltd, as detailed in communication dated 09.04.2025 to conclude its proceedings expeditiously, preferably within a period of six weeks. In case, petitioner herein still remains aggrieved, he shall have liberty to approach this Court in appropriate proceeding. Compliance of this order is directed to be filed by Managing Director, Joginder Central Cooperative Bank Ltd in the 1st week of November, 2025. List on 04.11.2025. September 16, 2025. (Sandeep Sharma), Shamsh Tabrez
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