IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 14569 of 2025 Date of Decision: 19.09.2025 _______________________________________________________ Roop Lal and others …….Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & others … Respondents ______________________________________________________ Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? 1 For the Petitioners: Mr. Pankaj Thakur, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Anil Kumar, Advocate. _______________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, Judge(oral): While placing on record copy of office order dated 18.09.2025, issued under the signatures of Under Secretary (NGE) Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited, Shimla, learned counsel representing the respondents states that in compliance of order dated 09.09.2025 passed by this Court, salary of the petitioners for the month of July and August, 2025 has been released on 17.09.2025 and the same has been duly credited in their respective bank accounts. It also emerges from the aforesaid communication, which is taken on record, that office of the Superintending Engineer, M&T Circle, Himachal 1Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited, Bilaspur was disbanded vide office order dated 22.02.2025 with immediate effect, as a result thereof, seven posts of various Class-IV categories were diverted to the surplus pool of the Board, with the stipulation that such surplus staff would thereafter be transferred and adjusted against vacant posts in needy units of the Board. In the aforesaid background, petitioners No. 1 and 2 have been transferred to Sundernagar and Hamirpur, respectively whereas petitioners No.3 and 4 have been adjusted at Bilaspur. 2. Learned counsel representing the petitioner, after having perused the afore office order, fairly states that nothing remains to be adjudicated in the instant proceedings and as such, same may be disposed of with a direction to the respondents to adjust petitioner Nos. 1 and 2 at Bilaspur and Ghumarwin respectively against the post of Bill Distributor. 3. Mr. Anil Kumar, learned counsel representing the respondent-Board, fairly states that endeavour shall be made to adjust petitioner Nos. 1 and 2 against the post of bill distributors, if any, vacant at Bilaspur and Ghumarwin. Since in terms of order dated 09.09.2025 petitioners have received their salaries for the month of July and August, 2025, nothing remains to be adjudicated in the instant proceedings, but having taken note of the fact that petitioners 3 Nos. 1 and 2 are Class-IV employee, this Court hopes and trusts that in the event of filing representation, if any by petitioners No.1 and 2 within a period of one week for their adjustment at Bilaspur and Ghumarwin, respectively, respondent-Board shall decide the same sympathetically, taking note of the fact that petitioners No.1 and 2 are Class-IV employee. Ordered accordingly. Needless to say, authority concerned, while doing the needful in terms of instant order, shall afford an opportunity of being heard to the petitioners and pass appropriate order. Pending application, if any, also stand disposed of. (Sandeep Sharma), Judge September 19, 2025 (shankar)