IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA Ex. Pet No. 1104 of 2024 Decided on: 26.06 2025 _________________________________________________________________ Sarita Devi & Anr ....Petitioners Versus State of H.P. and Ors …Respondents _________________________________________________________________ Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua 1 Whether approved for reporting? _________________________________________________________________ For the petitioners: Ms. Anita Thakur, Advocate vice Mr. Surinder Saklani, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. L.N.Sharma, Additional Advocate General. Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Following order was passed in the matter on 26.05.2025:- “Learned Additional Advocate General has placed on record office instructions dated 24.05.2025. As per the office instructions, petitioner No.2 has worked in the concerned college only up to July, 2022 and the entire amount of grant-inaid w.e.f. 28.08.2015 to July, 2022 has been paid to her. The instructions further state that petitioner No.1 has been paid the grant-in-aid up to 31.03.2024 and the matter for paying 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? yes - 2 - remaining grant-in-aid thereafter has been taken up with the concerned quarter. Learned Additional Advocate General prays for and is allowed two weeks’ further time to have fresh instructions for defraying the liability towards petitioner No.1. List thereafter.” 2. During the course of hearing today, learned learned Additional Advocate General has placed on record office instructions dated 25.06.2025 from the Director, Higher Education, Himachal Pradesh to the effect that budget for PTA grant- in-aid of Rs. 1,00,00,000/- (Rs. One Crore) has been received from the Government . Accordingly claim of the petitioners and other similarly situated persons have been called from the concerned colleges vide letter dated 16.06.2025 for releasing them due and admissible grant-in-aid. 3. Learned Additional Advocate General submits that in the instant case admissible grant-in-aid had already been released to petitioner No.2, which has also been noticed in the order dated 26.05.2025. Petitioner No.1 had been paid grant-in-aid up to 31.03.2024. The respondents shall release due and admissible grant-in-aid to petitioner No.1 for the - 3 - remaining period within next three weeks. 4. Taking note of office instructions dated 25.06.2025 and the submissions made by learned Additional Advocate General, this execution petition is deposed of with direction to respondent No.2/Competent Authority to release admissible grant-in-aid to petitioner No.1 within a period of three weeks i.e. by 18.07.2025, however, liberty is reserved to the petitioner to seek appropriate remedy for redressal of her surviving grievance, if any, in accordance with law, in case need so presents itself. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also to stand disposed of. Jyotsna Rewal Dua Judge June 26, 2025 R.Atal