IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.7431 of 2024 Date of Decision: 18.12.2025 _____________________________________________________________________ Sh. Hem Singh ……...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. …....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the Petitioners: Ms. Babita Chauhan, Advocate vice Mr. A.K. Gupta, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Rajan Kahol, Mr. Vishal Panwar, Additional Advocates General, Mr. Ravi Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral) By way of instant petition, petitioner has prayed for the following main relief:- “a. That the respondents may be ordered to give contractual appointment to the petitioner, immediately on completion of 12 years service, with all benefits incidental thereof, till his services were regularized and entire arrears may be ordered to be paid to the petitioner. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the issue involved in this writ petition, grievance of the petitioner and the relief prayed for has essentially been adjudicated in CWP No.8987 of 2024, titled as Manmohan Vs. State of H.P., decided on 02.09.2025. 2 Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner would be content in case the respondents are directed to examine the case in light of the aforesaid judgment within a time bound manner. Learned Deputy Advocate General is not averse to aforesaid innocuous prayer made on behalf of the petitioner. 3. 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 with a direction to the respondents/ competent authority to consider and decide the case of the petitioner in accordance with law as well as taking into consideration the above judgment in the case of Manmohan (supra) by passing appropriate orders, within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioner. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. December 18, 2025 (Sandeep Sharma), (sunil) Judge