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( 2025:HHC:29217 )
IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA.
CWP No.13512 of 2025
Decided on: 29th August, 2025
Dolma Devi
.......Petitioner
versus
State of H.P and others
...Respondents
Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Satyen Vaidya, Judge.
Whether approved for reporting?1
For the petitioner: Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate.
For the respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, A.G with Mr. Sikander Bhushan, Dy. A.G. for respondents No.1 to 6.
Ms. Ankita Sharma, Advocate for respondent No.7.
Satyen Vaidya, Judge (Oral)
Notice. Mr. Sikander Bhushan, learned Deputy Advocate General and Ms. Ankita Sharma, Advocate appear and waive service of notice on behalf of respondents No.1 to 6 and respondent No.7 respectively.
2.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is under instructions to restrict the relief of direction to respondent No.1 to take a decision on the communication dated 20.09.2022 forwarded by The Director Urban Development, Himachal Pradesh to the said authority.
1 Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.
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3.
The case of the petitioner is that she is working as part time Class-IV employee with the Municipal Council, Ner Chowk, District Mandi, H.P. for more than seven years continuously and has become entitled for conversion of her services on daily wage basis. The petitioner has made a representation Annexure P-2 which was forwarded to the Director, Urban Development by the Executive Officer, Municipal Council, Ner Chowk. The Director has further forwarded the said representation to respondent No.1 vide Annexure P-3 dated 20.09.2022. Till date, no decision has been taken on the aforesaid representation.
4.
Since, the petitioner has restricted the prayer as noticed above, the petition is disposed of with direction to respondent No.1 to take a decision on the representation of the petitioner recommended to the said authority vide Annexure P-3 dated 20.09.2022 within a period of eight weeks from today by passing a detailed and reasoned order.
5.
The writ petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms, so also the pending applications, if any.
August 29, 2025
( Satyen Vaidya ) (naveen)
Judge