IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.16640 of 2025 Decided on: 03.12.2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Som Nath and Ors …..Petitioners Versus State of H.P. and Ors .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner: Mr. Nitin Thakur, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Y.P.S. Dhaulta, Additional Advocate General for respondent No.1. Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Arjun K Lall, Advocate, for respondents No.2 and 3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. Y.P.S.Dhaulta, learned Additional Advocate General and Mr. Arjun K Lall, learned counsel, appear and waive service of notice on behalf of respondent No.1 and respondents No. 2 and 3, respectively. 2. Petitioners are retired Class-IV employees of respondent Department. Their grievance is that representations preferred by them on 28.07.2023 through 1Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. 2 their association followed by another 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 are 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. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also to stand disposed of. Jyotsna Rewal Dua December 3, 2025 Judge R.Atal