IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 3944/2025 a/w connected matters Decided on: 27.03.2025 1. CWP No. 3944/2025 Monika Padda …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents. 2. CWP No. 3946/2025 Kumari Anjana …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents. 3. CWP No. 3948/2025 Ritu …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents. 4. CWP No. 3949/2025 Soma Devi …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents. 5. CWP No. 3951/2025 Nishma Kumari …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents. 6. CWP No. 3953/2025 Prerna Rana …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents. 2 7. CWP No. 3955/2025 Richa Bhardwaj …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents. ………………………………………………………………………………. Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner(s): Mr. Virbahadur Verma, Advocate. For the respondent(s): Mr. L.N. Sharma, Additional Advocate General. Jyotsna Rewal Dua , J Notice. Mr. L.N. Sharma, learned Additional Advocate General, accepts notice on behalf of the respondent(s). 2. These writ petitions have been filed for the grant of almost common substantive reliefs. Relief clause herein is extracted from CWP No. 3944/2025:- “I. Issue a writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to regularize the services of the Petitioner as Staff Nurse as per un- amended Rules with effect from the date of her initial engagement/appointment with all consequential & financial benefits. II. Issue a writ of Mandamus directing respondents to regularize the services of the Petitioner with effect from the date of her initial engagement/appointment with all consequential benefits in term of the judgment passed by this Hon'ble Court in 1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? yes 3 CWP/7602/2010, titled as Om Parkash Vs State of H.P & Others, and connected matters. III. Issue a writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to regularize the services of the Petitioner with effect from the date of her initial engagement/appointment with all consequential benefits in term of the judgment passed in T.A. No. 4478 of 2015 titled as "Parvati Sharma and others versus-State of H.P. and Another" AND in term of the judgment passed in CWP No.3038 of 2022 titled as Nisha Kumari & Others versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. IV. Issue a writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to release the entire consequential benefits along with interest @ 9% per annum from the date of her initial appointment to till the date of realization.” 3. According to the petitioner(s), the legal issue involved in the cases has already been adjudicated upon. The grievance(s) of the petitioner(s) are that their respective representation(s) dated 20.01.2025 (Annexure P-10) have still not been decided by the respondents/competent authority. Learned counsel for the petitioner(s) submits that apart from the judgments mentioned by the petitioner(s) in their aforesaid representation(s), the matter is also covered by the decision rendered in State of H.P. and others Versus Om Prakash2. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner(s) would be content in case respondent No.2/competent authority is directed to decide the aforesaid representation(s) within a fixed time schedule. Learned Additional Advocate General is not averse to this prayer. 2LPA No. 54 of 2013, decided alongwith connected matters on 04.10.2019 4 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 respondent No.2/competent authority to consider and decide the aforesaid representation(s) of the petitioner(s) dated 20.01.2025 (Annexure P-10) in accordance with law as well as taking into consideration the above judgment in the case of Om Prakash2 as also the judgments mentioned in the representation(s), within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioner(s). These writ petitions stand disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua Judge 27th March, 2025(rohit)