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2025:HHC:16324
IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
Exe. Pet. No. 1105 of 2024
Decided on: 27.05.2025 Joginder Chand
… Petitioner
Versus
State of Himachal Pradesh and others
… Respondents
Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 _____________________________________________________ For the petitioner : Mr. Sandeep Chauhan, Advocate vice
Mr. P.D. Nanda, Advocate.
For the respondents : Mr. Pushpender Jaswal, Addl.
Advocate General.
Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge (Oral)
Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that now the only surviving grievance of the petitioner is that the arrear amount, to which the petitioner is entitled to as per the judgment, is not being paid to him in lump sum but is being paid in installments.
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This Court is of the considered view that as no direction was passed by the Court to pay the arrears in installments, the act of the respondents of doing so is per se bad.
3.
On the request of learned Additional Advocate General, six weeks time is granted to the respondents to pay the balance of the arrears. It is clarified that six weeks time is an outer limit given to the State and within this time, they can pay the amount in the
1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?
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With these observations, these proceedings are closed, but with liberty to the petitioner to revive these proceedings, in case,
order is not complied with in letter and spirit by the respondents within six weeks.
(Ajay Mohan Goel)
Judge May 27, 2025 (narender)