IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.9840 of 2024 Decided on: 20th March, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uttam Chand …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner: Mr. Anil Jaswal, 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 the grant of following substantive relief:- “i. That the respondents may very kindly be directed to grant the pay scale of Rs.5480-8925 as is prescribed to the post of Shastri teacher instead of pay scale of Rs.5000-8100 as was granted to him on his initial appointment on 01.04.1999 with all consequential benefits and the arrears accrued thereunder may very kindly be ordered to be released with interest @ 9% per annum in the interest of justice.” 1Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. 2 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the relief prayed for by the petitioner and the issues raised by him in the writ petition are squarely covered in terms of the decision rendered in Madan Lal Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others2. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner would be content in case he is permitted to prefer a comprehensive representation to the respondents/competent authority within a period of two weeks and thereafter the competent authority be directed to decide the said representation within a time bound 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, this writ petition is disposed of by permitting the petitioner to file a comprehensive representation to the respondents/ competent authority within a period of two weeks from today. In case such a representation is received by the respondents/competent authority within the aforesaid period, the same shall be considered and decided in accordance with law as well as taking into consideration the above judgment in the case of Madan Lal2 within a period 2 CWP No.7632 of 2021, decided on 24.03.2022 3 of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioner. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua March 20, 2025 Judge Mukesh