Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.16879 of 2025 Date of decision: 30.10.2025 Manju ...Petitioner. Versus State of HP and Ors. ...Respondents. Coram: Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the petitioner : Mr. Karan Singh Parmar, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Rajan Kahol & Mr. B.C. Verma, Additional Advocates General with Mr. Ravi Chauhan & Mr. Anish Banshtu, Deputy Advocates General. Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Petitioner seeks credit of earned leave in her leave account, on account of retrospective regularization of her services with financial benefits. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that representation preferred by the petitioner in this regard to the competent authority as Annexure P-4 has not yielded any response. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner at this sage submitted that petitioner would be satisfied, in case, she is permitted to prefer a fresh representation for redressal of her -2- grievance to the competent authority, with direction to the competent authority to consider and decide the said representation within time bound schedule in accordance with the law and the precedents holding the field which the petitioner shall highlight in her representation. Learned Additional Advocate General is not averse to this prayer. 4. Having regard to the afore-submissions, but without examining the merits of the matter, this writ petition is disposed of by permitting the petitioner to prefer a representation to the respondents/competent authority within a period of two weeks from today, whereafter, the same shall be considered and decided by the said authority in accordance with law and the precedents holding the field which the petitioner shall highlight in her representation, within a further period of six weeks. The decision so arrived at shall also be communication to the petitioner. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous applications, if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua 30th October, 2025 Judge (sunil)