IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.8963 of 2025 Date of Decision: 29.05.2025 _____________________________________________________________________ Lokinder Olta ……...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. …....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the Petitioner: Mr. Rajat Kumar, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General, Mr. Rajan Kahol, Mr. Vishal Panwar & Mr. B.C. Verma, Additional Advocate Generals with Mr. Ravi Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General, for respondents-State. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral) By way of instant petition, petitioner has prayed for the following main reliefs: “(i) That this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue the Writ in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, to convert the services of petitioners from part time to daily wager, in terms of policy dated 07.05.2025 i.e. Annexure P-3, with all consequential benefits. (ii) That the respondents may kindly be directed to fix the salary/allowance of the petitioner as per daily wage status. (iii) That the respondents may kindly be directed to protect the seniority of the petitioner from the due date, for the purpose of further regularisation. (iv) That the respondents may kindly be directed to grant and release the actual monetary benefits to the petitioner, along with 12% interest, in a time bound manner.” 2. Learned counsel representing the petitioner, on instructions, states that the petitioner would be content and satisfied in case directions are issued to the respondents to consider and decide the pending representation (Annexure P-4) of the petitioner, in a time bound manner. 2. Mr. Rajan Kahol, learned Additional Advocate General, while putting appearance on behalf of the respondents, fairly states that he is not averse to aforesaid innocuous prayer made on behalf of the petitioner. 3. Consequently, in view of the above, this Court without going into the merits of the case deems it fit to dispose of the present petition with a direction to the respondents to consider and decide the pending representation (Annexure P-4) of the petitioner expeditiously, preferably within a period of four weeks from today. Ordered accordingly. Needless to say, authority concerned, while doing the needful in terms of instant order, shall afford an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and pass detailed speaking order taking note of Policy dated 07.05.2025 (Annexure P-3). Pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of. May 29, 2025 (Sandeep Sharma), (sunil) Judge 2