IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.2355 of 2025 Date of Decision: 26.3.2025 _____________________________________________________________________ Sh. Bihari Lal ……...Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors. …....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the Petitioner: Ms. Babita Chauhan, Advocate. s For the respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. Rajan Kahol, Mr. Vishal Panwar and Mr. B.C. Verma, Additional Advocates General and Mr. Ravi Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General, for respondents No. 1 and 2. Mr. Mukul Sood, Advocate, for respondent No.3. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral) By way of instant petition, petitioner has prayed for the following main relief:- “(i) That the respondents may be ordered to process the case of the petitioner for pension and to pay pension to him w.e.f. May 2023 with all benefits incidental thereof as has been done in the other similarly situated cases” 2. Learned counsel representing the petitioner, states that her client would be content and satisfied in case directions are issued to the respondents to consider and decide case of the petitioner in light of notification dated 4.5.2023 (Annexure P-2), in a time bound - 2 - manner. Learned counsel for the respondents are not averse to the aforesaid innocuous prayer made by the petitioner. 3. Consequently, in view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider and decide representation, which shall be filed by the petitioner within two weeks, in light of afore notification, expeditiously, preferably within a period of six weeks. Needless to say, authority concerned while doing the needful in terms of the instant order shall afford an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and pass a speaking order thereupon. All pending applications stand disposed of. March 26, 2025 (Sandeep Sharma), (manjit) Judge