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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA COPC No. 709 of 2024 Date of Decision: 22.07.2025 _____________________________________________________________________ Laxmi Chand
……...Petitioner Versus Kadam Sandeep & Anr. …....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the Petitioner: Mr. Sanjeev Bhushan, Senior Advocate with Mr. Sparsh Bhushan, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Vishal Panwar & Mr. B.C. Verma, Additional Advocates General with Mr. Ravi Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral) While placing on record communication dated 21.07.2025, issued under the signatures of Director Ayush, Himachal Pradesh, Mr. B.C.Verma, learned Additional Advocate General, states that in terms of mandate contained in the judgment, alleged to have been violated and observation made in order dated 02.07.2025 passed in the instant proceedings, DAO Chamba, vide letter dated 21.07.2025, has informed that the salary arrears of the petitioner pertaining to the period w.e.f 2011 to the date of superannuation amounting to Rs. 13,34,197/- have been prepared and submitted to Treasury office Pangi vide Bill No. 100033 Treasury Token No. 764 dated 16.07.2025. He states that
2 so far as the petitioner’s pension case is concerned, the petitioner has not submitted requisite documents and as and when the requisite documents are made available, the pension case of the petitioner will be processed. 2. Having carefully perused aforesaid communication as well as documents annexed therewith, which are taken on record, this Court finds that mandate contained in the judgment, alleged to have been violated, stands duly complied with and as such, nothing remains to be adjudicated in the instant proceedings and accordingly, the same are closed. However, having taken note of the fact that no time frame has been given in the afore communication with regard to disbursement of the arrears, this Court, without going into the merits of the case, deems it fit to dispose of the present petition with a direction to the respondents to ensure that arrears calculated in the communication, as detailed hereinabove, are disbursed to the petitioner within two weeks. Similarly, department concerned within two days shall intimate the petitioner with regard to nature of documents, which are required to be furnished by the department, enabling it to process his case for pension and within one week from the receipt of the documents, case of the petitioner shall be sent to the Office of Accountant General for authorizing pension in favour of the petitioner.
However, liberty is reserved to the petitioner to file
3 appropriate proceedings in appropriate Court of law qua the surviving grievance, if any, or may get the present petition revived, enabling this Court to pass appropriate orders. Notice issued to the respondents are discharged. July 22, 2025
(Sandeep Sharma), (Sunil)
Judge