IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No.9982 of 2025 and connected matters Decided on 21st June, 2025 _________________________________________________________________ 1. CWP No. 9982 of 2025 Anita Kumari ....Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. …Respondents _________________________________________________________________ 2. CWP No. 9986 of 2025 Kusum Kumari ....Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. …Respondents _________________________________________________________________ 3. CWP No. 10000 of 2025 Ram Pyari ....Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. …Respondents _________________________________________________________________ Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua 1 Whether approved for reporting? _________________________________________________________________ For the petitioners: Ms. Anuja Mehta, Advocate vice Mr. Vishwa Bhushan, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. L.N.Sharma, Additional Advocate General. 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? yes - 2 - Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. L.N.Sharma, learned Additional Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents in all the petitions. 2. These writ petitions have been filed for grant of almost common relief, which has been extracted from CWP No. 9982 of 2025:- “i) That in view of the submissions made in the writ petition, the writ petition may kindly be allowed and the respondent No2 may kindly be directed to grant the benefit of promotional increments to the post of Head Teacher w.e.f. 01.10.2012 with all consequential benefits” 3. According to the petitioners, the legal issue involved in the cases has already been adjudicated upon. The grievance of the petitioners is that their representations dated 10.03.2025 and 20.03.2025 (Annexure P-2) have still not been decided by the respondents/competent authority. 4. Once the legal principle involved in the adjudication of present petition has already been decided, it is expected from the welfare State to consider and decide the representation of the aggrieved employee within a reasonable time and not to sit over the same indefinitely compelling the - 3 - employee to come to the Court for redressal of his grievances. This is also the purport and object of the Litigation Policy of the State. Not taking decision on the representation for months together would not only give rise to unnecessary multiplication of the litigation, but would also bring in otherwise avoidable increase to the Court docket on unproductive government induced litigation. 5. In view of the above, these writ petitions are disposed of by directing the respondents/competent authority to consider and decide the aforesaid representations of the petitioners in accordance with law within a period of six weeks from today. The order so passed be also communicated to the petitioners. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also to stand disposed of. Jyotsna Rewal Dua Judge June 21, 2025 R.Atal