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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
CWP No.11580 of 2025
Decided on: 29th July, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Himachal Public Works Department, Irrigation and Public Health Employees & Worker Union …..Petitioner
Versus
State of H.P. and others
.....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner: Mr. Vijay Kumar, Advocate vice
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Suri, Advocate.
For the Respondents: Mr. Y.P.S. Dhaulta, Additional Advocate General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge
Notice. Mr. Y.P.S. Dhaulta, learned Additional Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents.
2.
With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the matter is heard at this stage.
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Petitioner-a registered Union seeks a direction to the respondents to fill up 150 posts of Daily Wage Workers on muster roll basis in view of office letter dated 16.11.2021
1Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes.
2 (Annexure P-13) issued by respondent No.2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that several representations preferred by the petitioner-Union for redressal of its aforesaid grievance have not been considered by the competent authority, i.e. respondent No.2. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner would be satisfied in case it is permitted to file a fresh comprehensive representation to respondent No.2/ competent authority for the redressal of its aforesaid grievance, whereafter, the said authority be directed to consider and decide the same within a time bound schedule. Learned Additional Advocate General is not averse to this prayer.
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Having regard to the afore-submissions, but without examining the merits of the matter, this writ petition is disposed of by permitting the petitioner-Union to prefer a fresh comprehensive representation to respondent No.2/competent authority within a period of two weeks from today, whereafter, the same shall be considered and decided by the said authority in accordance with law within a period of six weeks. The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioner.
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The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any.
Jyotsna Rewal Dua July 29, 2025
Judge Mukesh