IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.14442 of 2024 alongwith connected matters Decided on: 1st January, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. CWP No.14442 of 2024 Yash Pal …..Petitioner Versus HRTC and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CWP No.14452 of 2024 Suraj Singh …..Petitioner Versus HRTC and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. CWP No.14459 of 2024 Narender Kumar …..Petitioner Versus HRTC and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioners: Mr. Manohar Lal Sharma, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Raman Jamalta, Advocate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. 2 Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. Raman Jamalta, learned Standing Counsel, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the matters are heard at this stage. 3. These writ petitions have been filed for the grant of almost identical reliefs. The substantive reliefs in CWP No.14442 of 2024 read as under:- “(i). That the respondents may kindly be directed to extend the benefit of Dearness Relief to the petitioner in view of the office memorandum dated 07.02.2015, 31.10.2016, 19.01.2017, 11.09.2017, 18.02.2019, 07.03.2020 & 31.10.2021 (Annexure P-2, P-3, P-4, P-5, P-6, P-7 & P-8 and keeping in view the judgment passed in CWP No.3278/2021 titled as Baldev Chand versus HRTC @ 9% per annum to till the date of its realization in the interest of justice and fair play. (ii) That the respondent No.1 may kindly be directed to decide the representation dated 20.09.2024 (Annexure P-11) of the petitioner within a time bound manner.” 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the respective cases of the petitioners and the reliefs prayed for by them have already been considered & adjudicated upon by this Court in Braham Dass Versus HRTC & Anr.2. Learned counsel for the petitioners also submits that the representations dated 20.09.2024 preferred by the petitioners, annexed with the respective 2 CWP No.6013 of 2023, decided alongwith connected matters on 05.09.2023 3 writ petitions as Annexure P-11, for claiming the above reliefs are pending consideration with the respondents. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioners would be content in case the respondents/competent authority is directed to decide the aforesaid representations within a fixed time schedule. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents is not averse to this prayer. 5. Having regard to the afore-submissions, but without examining the merits of the matter, these writ petitions are disposed of with a direction to the respondents/competent authority to consider and decide the aforesaid representations of the petitioners in accordance with law as well as taking into consideration the above judgment in the case of Braham Dass2 within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioners. The writ petitions stand disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua January 01, 2025 Judge Mukesh