IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP Nos.11764 & 11830 of 2025 Decided on: 23.07.2025 _________________________________________________________________ 1. CWP No.11764 of 2025 Prashant Thakur and Anr ....Petitioners Versus State of H.P. & Ors. …Respondents _________________________________________________________________ 2. CWP No.11830 of 2025 Renu Kumari and Ors ....Petitioners Versus State of H.P. & Ors. …Respondents _________________________________________________________________ Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua 1 Whether approved for reporting? _________________________________________________________________ For the petitioners: Mr. Shiv Pal Manhans, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Y.P.S. Dhaulta, Additional Advocate Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. Y.P.S. Dhaulta, learned Additional Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respective respondents in both the petitions. 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? yes - 2 - 2. These writ petitions have been filed for grant of almost common reliefs, which have been extracted from CWP No. 11764 of 2025:- “i) That the writ in the nature of mandamus may kindly be issued to the respondents by directing to pay the revised emoluments for contract period of the petitioners @ minimum of pay scale (at the lowest grade, in the regular pay scale), extended to regular employees holding the same post of TGT w.e.f. date of contract appointment of the petitioners till their regularization along with applicable rate of DA. II. That case of the petitioner is squarely covered by the judgment passed by this Hon'ble court on dated 21-03- 2024 in CWP No 8148 of 2022, as such entitled for revised emoluments for contract period of the petitioners @ minimum of pay scale (at the lowest grade, in the regular pay scale), extended to regular employees holding the same post along with all consequential III. That the arrears with interests at market rate on delay payment, on account of revision minimum of pay scale (at the lowest grade, in the regular pay scale), extended to regular employees holding the same post w.e.f. 01-01-2016, shall also be paid to the petitioners for the services rendered in the department on contract basis w.e.f. 01.01.2016 till their regularization...” 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have preferred a representations dated - 3 - 22.05.2025 and 13.05.2025 (Annexure P-4) to respondent No.3 for claiming the above reliefs. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioners would be content in case respondent No.3/competent authority is directed to decide the aforesaid representations within a fixed time schedule. Learned Additional Advocate General is not averse to this prayer. 4. Having regard to the afore-submissions, but without examining the merits of the matter, these writ petitions are disposed of with a direction to 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 decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioners. The writ petitions stand disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua July 23, 2025 Judge R.Atal