IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.8370 of 2025 Decided on: 21st May, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Krishan Chand Dhiman …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner: Mr. A.K. Gupta and Mr. Bonit Thakur, Advocates. For the Respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. L.N. Sharma, Additional Advocate General, for respondents No.1 to 4. Mr. Tek Ram Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.5. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. L.N. Sharma, learned Additional Advocate General and Mr. Tek Ram Sharma, learned counsel, appear and waive service of notice on behalf of respondents No.1 to 4 and respondent No.5, respectively. 2. Petitioner retired as Class-III employee on 31.08.2009. He has been denied pension for not satisfying the condition of minimum required length of service. Petitioner seeks counting of his daily wage service towards 1 Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. 2 qualifying service for the purpose of pension and pensionary benefits. The claim has been made on the strength of decision rendered in In Roop Lal Versus State of H.P. & Others2. SLP (C) No. 1007/2024 instituted by the State against the aforesaid decision has been dismissed by the Hon’ble Apex Court on 18.03.2025. 3. Case file shows that the petitioner has not preferred any representation for the redressal of his grievances. Hence, this writ petition is disposed of by permitting the petitioner to prefer a representation within two weeks, which shall be decided by the respondents/ competent authority in accordance with law, keeping in view the decision rendered in Roop Lal2 within six weeks from the date of receipt of the same. The decision so arrived at, shall be communicated to the petitioner. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua May 21, 2025 Judge Mukesh 2 LPA No.196 of 2022, decided on 11.10.2023