IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Execution Petition No. 773/2026 Decided on: 21.07.2026 Surender Kumar …..Petitioner Versus H.P. State Forest Corporation & Anr. ......Respondents ………………………………………………………………………………… Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner: Mr. Bonit Thakur, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Abhishek Nagta, Advocate. Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J Petitioner seeks enforcement of Surender Kumar Vs. H.P. State Forest Development Corporation & Anr.2 Operative portion from the judgment reads as under: - “4. In view of above, these petitions are disposed of by directing the respondents/competent authority to consider and decide the cases of the petitioner(s) for grant of notional annual increment from the date of conferment of work charge status, in accordance with law and as well as taking into consideration the above judgment, within a period of six weeks from today. The order so passed be also communicated to the petitioner(s). Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of. 2. The respondents have filed reply to the execution petition stating therein that, pursuant to the aforesaid decision, they had considered petitioner's case. However, as per notification dated 1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? yes 2 CWP No. 20676/2025 decided a/w connected matter on 02.01.2026 2 04.04.2026 (Annexure R-1), an employee having work-charge status is not entitled to any increment and is only entitled to the minimum of the time scale of pay applicable to the corresponding lowest grade. The dispute in The State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. Versus Surajmani & Anr.3, concerned the grant of work-charge status and release of arrears on that account. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed on record a copy of office letter dated 14.10.2025 issued by the respondents conferring work-charge status upon the petitioner with retrospective effect and, accordingly, refixing his pay on notional basis. 4. In view of the stand taken by the respondents, this execution petition stands disposed of with liberty reserved to the petitioner to seek appropriate remedy for the redressal of his surviving grievances, if any, viz., regarding the annual increments to which the petitioner claims entitlement to. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall also stand disposed of. Jyotsna Rewal Dua Judge 21st July, 2026 (rohit) 3 Civil Appeal No.1595 of 2025, decided alongwith connected civil appeals on 06.02.2025