IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.18845 of 2025 Date of Decision: 02.12.2025 _______________________________________________________ Jagjiwan & others …….Petitioners Versus HRTC & others … Respondents _______________________________________________________ Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? 1 For the Petitioner: Mr. Mandeep Chandel, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Rahul Gathania, Advocate. ____________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, Judge(oral): Notice. Mr. Rahul Gathania, Advocate, appear and waive service of notice on behalf of the respondents. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the matter is heard at this stage. 2. By way of instant petition, petitioners have prayed for following main relief:- “(a) The respondent corporation may kindly be directed to release the arrear after fixation of revised pension as per notification dated 08.09.2022 which was adopted by the corporation on 22.07.2023 alongwith interest 12% per annum since 01.01.2016 till its realization.” 3. Petitioners superannuated from the service of respondent-Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC). They are 1Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 drawing pension as retired employees. Petitioners’ case is that the Board of Directors of the respondent-Corporation in its 153rd meeting held on 19.06.2023, vide Item No.153.07, has approved revision of pension/family pension at 50% and 30% of the levels of Pay Matrix w.e.f. 01.01.2016 in respect of pensioners/family pensioners of the respondent-Corporation. Memo in this regard was issued by the respondent-Corporation on 22.07.2023 (Annexure P-2). The said memo was on the analogy of State Government notification dated 08.09.2022. Para 3 of aforesaid memo dated 22.07.2023 orders for implementing the decision of the Board of Directors and release of revised pension/family pension w.e.f. July, 2023 onwards after completing all codal formalities pursuant to the State Government notification dated 08.09.2022. 4. Petitioners’ grievance is that despite the issuance of memo dated 22.07.2023, their pension has neither been revised by 50% of the level of Pay Matrix w.e.f. 01.01.2016 nor arrears of revised pension have been paid to them w.e.f. 01.07.2023 onwards. Representations preferred by the petitioners to respondent No.2 (annexed as Annexure P-3) for allowing them revised pension at 50% of the level of pay matrix w.e.f. 01.01.2016 have not yielded any response so far. 3 5. As noticed above, memo was issued by the respondent- Corporation on 22.07.2023. Learned counsel appearing for the respondent-Corporation have admitted that till date there is no decision of the respondents to release due and admissible arrears accrued on account of revision of pension/family pension to the pre- 2016 retirees. 6. At this stage, learned counsel for the respondent- Corporation, under instructions, submitted that arrears due and admissible to the petitioners on account of revision of pension w.e.f. 01.07.2023 to 30.09.2025 shall be paid to them within 12 weeks from today. Learned counsel further submitted that recurring revised pension shall be paid to the petitioners within two weeks. His statement is taken note of. 7. In view of the submissions made by learned counsel for the respondents, the present petition is disposed of with direction to the respondents to make payment of arrears accrued to the petitioners on account of revision of pension w.e.f. 01.07.2023 to 30.09.2025 within a period of 12 weeks from today. The recurring revised pension admissible to the petitioners be released positively within two weeks from today, i.e. for the month of December, 2025 to be released in the month of January, 2026. Liberty is, however, reserved to the petitioners to seek appropriate remedy for the 4 redressal of their surviving grievances, if any, in accordance with law. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. (Sandeep Sharma), Judge December 02, 2025 (shankar)