IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No.10630 of 2025 Decided on: 4th July, 2025 _________________________________________________________________ Rajesh Kumar & Ors ....Petitioners Versus State of H.P. & Ors. …Respondents _________________________________________________________________ Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua 1 Whether approved for reporting? _________________________________________________________________ For the petitioners: Ms. Shikha Chauhan, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. L.N.Sharma, Additional Advocate General. Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. L.N.Sharma, learned Additional Advocate General, accepts service of notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. Petitioners claim benefit of decision render in Madan Lal and others Vs. State of H.P. and another2. Their grievance is that despite the aforesaid judgment having attained finality and having been implemented by the respondent-Education Department in several cases, benefit 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? yes 2 CWPOA No.7531 of 2019, decided on 30.12.2022 - 2 - of this judgment is not being extended to the petitioners, even though the petitioners have represented to the respondents for granting them benefit of the bunching of increments in terms of the said decision. 3. From the documents placed on record, more particularly, Annexure P-5 dated 28.11.2024, issued by respondent No.3, it appears that petitioners have represented to the respondents for redressal of their grievances in respect of extending the benefit of aforesaid decision in their favour. Hence, there shall be a direction to the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners for redressal of their grievances/grant of bunching of increment to them in light of aforesaid decision within a period of six weeks from today. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any Jyotsna Rewal Dua Judge July 4, 2025 R.Atal