( 2026:HHC:25441 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA CWP No. 4878 of 2025. Decided on : 30 th June , 2026. Kumar Chand ...Petitioner. Versus Himachal Road Transport Corporation & Anr. ....Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner: Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate, for the petitioner. For the respondents: Mr. Peeyush Agnihotri and Ms. Shrutika Chauhan, Advocates. Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge (Oral). By way of this writ petition, the petitioner has, inter alia, prayed for the following reliefs:- “i. That respondent may kindly be directed to consider the case of the petitioners for granting the two additional increments on completion of 20 years of service as per notification dated 10.09.2015 (Annexure P-1) as well as orders of This Hon'ble High Court which has been upheld by the Apex court. ii. That the impugned office order of rejection dated 10.06.2024 (Annexure P-6) may kindly be q1uashed and set aside. iii. That the instruction dated 27.01.2023 (Annexure P-5) which is issued by respondent corporation just to sit over the 1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 ( 2026:HHC:25441 judgment of this Hon’ble Court which is upheld by the Apex Court may kindly be quashed and set aside.” 2. Though, reply to the petition has not been filed but the learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that in the interregnum, a decision has been taken by the Department to confer the benefit, which is being prayed for by the petitioner. This is not denied by learned Counsel for the respondents. 3. Therefore, this petition is disposed of with the direction that let the case of the petitioner for grant of relief prayed for in the petition be considered in light of the consolidated instructions dated 20.12.2025 within a period of six weeks from today. It is clarified that earlier rejection of the case of the petitioner (Annexure P-9) shall not come in the way for taking fresh decision on the case of the petitioner. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, also stand disposed of. (Ajay Mohan Goel) Judge 30th June, 2026. (jai)