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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 11074 of 2024 Decided on: 01.07.2025 ______________________________________________________________ Veena Devi Guleria
....Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Ors. .…Respondents _ Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Judge. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sushil Kukreja, Judge. _______________________________________________________________ Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner : Mr. Suneel Awasthi, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. I.N. Mehta, Senior Additional Advocate General, Mr. Ramakant Sharma, Mr. Navlesh Verma, Ms. Sharmila Patial, Mr. Sushant Keprate, Additional Advocates General and Mr. Raj Negi, Deputy Advocate General. Tarlok Singh Chauhan
, Judge
(oral) The instant petition has been filed for grant of the following substantive reliefs: (i) Writ of certiorari may kindly be issued to quash the notification dated 21.02.2018 i.e. Annexure P3 which divided/classified the Class IV Government Servants despite all of them being similar, into different classes without any basis; 1Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment?
...2… (ii) Writ of mandamus may kindly be issued to the respondents to extend the retirement age of the petitioner from 58 years to 60 years and the petitioner be allowed all consequential benefits i.e. payment of salary etc.; (iii) Writ of mandamus may kindly be issued to the respondents to pay the arrears of salary w.e.f. 01.04.2022 to 01.03.2024.”
2. Since the issue in question is pending adjudication before the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Satya Devi’s case, i.e. Diary No. 38955/2024 (SLP (C) No. 020496/2024), therefore, keeping in view the judicial discipline, we refrain ourselves from giving our opinion with respect to the issue, as assailed in this petition. We direct that the present petition shall be governed by the judgment passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the aforesaid case and the decision thereto, shall be binding on this case also.
The petition is disposed of in above terms, so also the pending application(s), if any. ( Tarlok Singh Chauhan ) Judge ( Sushil Kukreja ) 1st July, 2025 Judge (raman)