IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.2954 of 2025 alongwith connected matters Decided on: 7th April, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. CWP No.2954 of 2025 Shiv Kumar …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CWP No.3018 of 2025 Ravi Kant …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. CWP No.3020 of 2025 Manoj Chandel …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. CWP No.3026 of 2025 Reena Verma …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and another .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 1Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. 2 For the Petitioners: Mr. Vaibhav Tanwar, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Y.P.S. Dhaulta, Additional Advocate General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. Y.P.S. Dhaulta, learned Additional Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. These writ petitions have been filed for the grant of almost identical reliefs. The substantive reliefs in CWP No.2954 of 2025 read as under:- “1. That a writ of mandamus may kindly be issued directing the respondents to grant to the petitioner the benefit of higher stage of pay of Rs.40100/- from the date the petitioner has completed two years of regular service i.e. 19.01.2024 as per the judgment passed by the Hon’ble Court in CWP No.1638/2024 titled Mohit Sharma versus State of H.P. & others. Further direct the respondents to release the petitioner all consequential benefits along with arrears at the rate of 9% per annum. 2. That the respondents may also be directed to release the arrears of pay after fixing the pay of the petitioner at Rs.40100/- w.e.f. the date the petitioner completed two years of regular service i.e. 19.01.2024 along with interest @ 9% per annum.” 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the reliefs prayed for by the petitioners and the issues raised by them in the writ petitions are squarely covered in terms of the recent decision rendered in Mohit Sharma & Anr. Versus State of H.P. & Ors.2. Learned counsel 2 CWP No.1638 of 2024, decided on 29.11.2024 3 further submits that the petitioners would be content in case the respondents are directed to examine their respective cases in light of the aforesaid judgment within a fixed time schedule. Learned Additional Advocate General is not averse to this prayer. 4. Having regard to the afore-submissions, but without examining the merits of the matters, these writ petitions are disposed of with a direction to the respondents/competent authority to consider and decide the respective cases of the petitioners in accordance with law as well as taking into consideration the above judgment in the case of Mohit Sharma2 by passing appropriate orders, within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioners. The writ petitions stand disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua April 07, 2025 Judge Mukesh