IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.7290 of 2025 alongwith connected matters Decided on: 5th May, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. CWP No.7290 of 2025 Om Raj …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CWP No.7292 of 2025 Surender Kumar …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. CWP No.7296 of 2025 Shiv Kumar …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioners: Mr. R.L. Chaudhary, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. Sikander Bhushan, Deputy Advocate General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. 2 Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. Sikander Bhushan, learned Deputy Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. All these writ petitions have been filed for the grant of almost identical reliefs. The substantive relief in CWP No.7290 of 2025 reads as under:- “(i) That writ of mandamus may kindly be issued, directing the respondent authorities to regularize the services of the petitioner as per the prevailing regularization policy from the due date i.e. 2021 with all consequential benefits, in view of the judgment dated 04.07.2024 passed by this Hon’ble Court in CWP No.789/2024, titled as Ram Singh v/s State of H.P. & others, since the respondent department has regularized the services of similar persons i.e. private respondents in the year 2021, but as far as the petitioner is concerned, he was deprived from such service benefit without any justification.” 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the respective cases of the petitioners and the reliefs prayed for by them have already been considered & adjudicated upon by this Court in Pyare Lal Vs. State of H.P. & Ors.2, Neter Singh Vs. State of H.P. & Ors.3, Shiv Kumar Vs. State of H.P. & Ors.4 and Khub Ram Vs. State of H.P. & Ors.5. Learned counsel also submits that the representations dated 04.03.2025 (Annexure P-4) 2 CWP No.1529/2020, decided on 08.08.2023 3 CWP No.9085/2023, decided on 21.11.2024 4 CWP No.774/2024, decided alongwith connected matter on 27.02.2025 5 CWP No.9086/2023, decided on 13.03.2025 3 preferred by the petitioners for claiming the above relief are pending consideration with respondent No.2. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioners would be content in case respondent No.2/competent authority is directed to decide the aforesaid representations within a fixed time schedule. Learned Deputy Advocate General is not averse to this prayer. 4. Having regard to the afore-submissions, but without examining the merits of the matters, these writ petitions are disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2/competent authority to consider and decide the aforesaid representations of the petitioners dated 04.03.2025 (Annexure P-4) in accordance with law as well as taking into consideration the above judgments within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioners. The writ petitions stand disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua May 05, 2025 Judge Mukesh