Desh Raj Vs. UOI & Ors. CWP No. 14406/2025 17.07.2025 Present: Mr. Bhart Bhardwaj, Advocate vice Mr. Lalit Kumar Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Balram Sharma, DSGI with Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Advocate, for the respondents. CWP-14406 of 2025 & CMP-21861 of 2025 Notice. Mr. Balram Sharma, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. Petitioner is presently serving as Dental Technician at ECHS Polyclinic Bilaspur, District Bilaspur, H.P., where he had joined on 01.08.2014. His grievance is to Annexure P-8, whereby the respondents have issued employment notice for filling up certain posts at ECHS Polyclinics Bilaspur, District Bilaspur on contract basis for a period of one year/renewable for further period of one year. Post of Dental Technician held by the petitioner is also part of aforesaid employment notice. 3. Learned counsel for the parties submit that similar issue, as is involved in the instant petition, is pending before the Hon’ble Apex Court in SLP(C) No.36359 of 2016; That various similar matters have been disposed of by this Court by directing that such petitions would abide by the decision of SLP(C) No.36359 of 2016; That in most of such matters, there is interim protection in favour of the similarly situated petitioners. 4. In view of above, respondents shall maintain status quo qua the petitioner and the respondents shall not proceed ahead in filling up the post held by the petitioner under employment notice Annexure P-8 till further orders. Reply be filed within 10 days, as prayed for. List on 10.10.2025. Jyotsna Rewal Dua Judge 08th September, 2025 (rohit)