2025:HHC:23730 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.4107 of 2025 Date of Decision: 22.07.2025 _______________________________________________________ Lohari Devi …….Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others … Respondents _______________________________________________________ Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? 1 For the Petitioner: Mr. A.K. Gupta, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Vishal Panwar and Mr. B.C.Verma, Additional Advocate Generals and Mr. Ravi Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General. ____________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, Judge(oral): By way of instant petition, petitioner has prayed for following reliefs:- “(a) That the petitioner may be held to be a temporary employee w.e.f. 16.02.2004 and the entire service may be ordered to qualify for the purpose of pension w.e.f. the said date till the petitioner was retired from service and the respondents may be ordered to pay pension to the petitioner w.e.f. 1st May, 2023 with all benefits incidental thereof; (i) That the record of the case may be summoned in the interest of justice; (ii) That any other relief to which the petitioner is found entitled to, may be granted in favour of the petitioner.” 1Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 2025:HHC:23730 2. Before the case at hand could be heard and decided on its own merit, learned counsel representing the petitioner while making available copy of judgment dated 27.06.2025 passed by Coordinate Bench of this Court in CWP No.6688 of 2021 titled as “Bimla Devi Vs. State of H.P. & others” states that issue sought to be decided in the instant proceedings already stands adjudicated in afore case and as such petitioner would be content and satisfied in case directions are issued to respondents to consider and decide the case of petitioner in light of aforesaid judgment. 3. Mr. Ravi Chauhan, learned Deputy Advocate General, while putting appearance on behalf of the respondents, fairly states that he is not averse to aforesaid innocuous prayer made on behalf of the petitioner. 4. Consequently, in view of the above, 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 consider and decide the case of the petitioner in light of the aforesaid judgment passed by the Coordinate Bench of this Court in Bimla Devi (supra) expeditiously, preferably within a period of four weeks. Ordered accordingly. Needless to say, authority concerned, while doing the needful in terms, shall afford an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and pass a speaking order thereupon. Liberty is reserved to the petitioner to file 3 2025:HHC:23730 appropriate proceeding in appropriate court of law, qua the surviving grievance. Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of. p (Sandeep Sharma), Judge July 22, 2025 (rupsi)