IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No.11810 of 2025 Decided on: 23.07.2025 _________________________________________________________________ Kanta Verma & Ors ....Petitioners Versus State of H.P. & Ors. …Respondents _________________________________________________________________ Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua 1 Whether approved for reporting? _________________________________________________________________ For the petitioners: Mr. Ajay Chandel, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Y.P.S.Dhaulta, Additional Advocate General. ________________________________________________________________ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. Y.P.S.Dhaulta, learned Additional Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed for grant of following substantive reliefs:- “(i) That your lordships may graciously be pleased to issue a writ in the nature of Mandamus or any other writ or order directing the respondents to grant the petitioners promotional increment w.e.f. the date of their promotion as Head Teachers in view of the provisions of FR 22(I)(a)(1) of FRSR with all 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? - 2 - consequential benefits alongwith interest @ 9% per annum . ii) That in alternative the respondents may kindly be directed by issuance of writ in the nature of Mandamus to extend the benefits of the decision in Civil Writ Petition No. 2500 of 2021 titled as Ranjit Singh and others versus State of H.P. and others decided on 07.07.2023.,” 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the cases of the petitioners and the reliefs prayed for by them are covered by the decision rendered in Ranjit Singh & Ors Vs. State of H.P. and Ors2 and Surya Prabha and Ors Vs. State of H.P. and Ors.3. 4. Learned counsel further submitted that the petitioners would be content, in case, they are permitted to submit comprehensive representations to the respondents/ Competent Authority seeking the relief prayed for by them in the writ petition, whereafter, respondents /Competent Authority, be directed to decide the representations to be made by them, in a time bound manner. Learned Additional Advocate General has no objection to this prayer. 5. In view of above submissions, the present petition is disposed of by permitting the petitioners to make comprehensive representations to the respondents 2 CWP No. 2500 of 2021, decided on 07.07.2023 3 CWP No.5390 of 2024 decided on 28.05.2025. - 3 - /Competent Authority, within a period of two weeks from today, who shall in turn, consider and decide the same, in accordance with law, in light of aforesaid decisions, within a further period of six weeks by passing order, which shall also be communicated to the petitioners. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of. Jyotsna Rewal Dua Judge July 23 , 2025 R.Atal