IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 16638/2025 Decided on: 28.11.2025. Neeraj Kumar Sharma & others …. petitioners. Versus State of H.P and others .…Respondents. ………………………………………………………………………………. Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioners: Mr. Nitin Thakur, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Sikander Bhushan, Deputy Advocate General and Mr. Rajat Choudhry, Assistant Advocate General, for respondent No.1. Mr. Ankush Dass, Senior Advocate, Mr. Arjun Lall, Advocate, for respondents No. 2 & 3. Jyotsna Rewal Dua , J Notice. Mr. Rajat Choudhry, learned Assistant Advocate General and Mr. Arjun Lall, learned counsel, appear and accept notice on behalf of respondent No.1 and respondents no. 2 & 3, respectively. 2. Petitioners are retired employee of respondent- Department. Their grievance is that representation preferred by them on 28.07.2023 through their association followed by another 1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? yes 2 representation dated 19.07. 2024 ( Annexure P-5, colly.) on the subject matter have still not been considered and decided by the Competent Authority-respondent No.1. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners would be satisfied in case the respondent No.1/competent authority is directed to consider and decide the aforesaid representations in accordance with law within a fixed-time schedule. Learned counsel for the respondents is not averse to this prayer. 3. Having regard to the afore-submissions, but without examining the merits of the matter, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.1/ Competent Authority to consider and decide the aforesaid representations of the petitioners in accordance with law within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioners. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua Judge 28th November, 2025(yogesh)