IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No.1690 of 2024 Decided on: 28.11.2025 _________________________________________________________________ Ram Charan Saini ....Petitioner Versus HRTC and Anr …Respondents _________________________________________________________________ Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua 1 Whether approved for reporting? _________________________________________________________________ For the petitioner: Mr. Lokesh Thakur, Advocate vice Mr. A.K.Gupta, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Vinod K Gupta, Advocate. Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Petitioner retired as Class-III employee. He has been denied the pension for not satisfying the condition of minimum required length of service. Petitioner seeks counting of his daily wage service towards qualifying service for the purpose of pension and pensionary benefits. The claim has been made on the strength of decision rendered in Roop Lal vs. State of H.P. & Ors.2. SLP (C) No.1007/2024 instituted by the State against the aforesaid decision has been 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes 2 LPA No.196 of 2022 decided on 11.10.2023. - 2 - dismissed by the Hon’ble Apex Court on 18.03.2025. 2. In view of above, this writ petition is disposed of by directing the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for grant of pension in light of decision rendered in Roop Lal1 case within a period of six weeks from today. The order so passed be also communicated to the petitioner. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua Judge November 28, 2025 R.Atal