IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.9418 of 2024 Date of decision: 27.03.2025 Jeet Ram & Ors. ...Petitioners. Versus State of H.P. & Anr. ...Respondents. Coram: Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the petitioner : Mr. Vaibhav Tanwar, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Rajat Chaudhary, Assistant Advocate General. Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. Rajat Chaudhary, Assistant Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed for the grant of following substantive relief(s):- “1. That a writ of mandamus may kindly be issued directing the respondents to consider the petitioners as regular employees of the State from the date of their initial appointment on contract basis and grant regular wages of Language Teachers plus other allowances from the date of their initial appointment on contract basis with all the consequential benefits and in the alternative grant to the petitioners the benefit of contract service for all the purposes including seniority, annual increments along with all the consequential benefits as per the judgment passed in Taj Mohammad v. State of Himachal Pradesh and 1Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes -2- others," CWP No. 2004 of 2017. Further direct the respondents to release to the petitioners all the consequential benefits along with arrears at the rate of 9% per annum.” 3. Admittedly, the petitioners have invoked extra ordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India without even preferring any representation to the competent authority for the redresssal of their grievances raised in the writ petition. 4. Confronted with above, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners would be preferring representation within two weeks from today. In case, such representation is so preferred, the competent authority shall consider and decide the same, in accordance with law, within further period of six weeks. The order so passed shall also be communicated to the petitioners. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua 27th March, 2025 Judge (Pardeep)