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2026 DAILYLAW 19827 (HP)

ASHOK KUMAR DHIMAN v. THE HPSEBL AND OTHERS

CWP/2749/2026 · 2026-08-10

Ajay Mohan Goel

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 2 749 of 202 6 Decided on: 10.08 .2026 Er. Ashok Kumar Dhiman …….Petitioner Versus H.P. State Electricity Board Ltd. … Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 _____________________________________________________ For the petitioner : Mr. Parkash Sharma, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Ravinder Thakur, Advocate. Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge (Oral) By way of this writ petition, the petitioner has, inter alia, prayed for the following reliefs:- “(i) That the impugned office memorandum dated 17.9.2022 and 13.3.2024, Annexure P-1(colly) adopted by the respondent Board whereby imposed restriction on the payment of arrears of revised pay scale, pension and other retiral benefits, being unjust, unilateral, arbitrary, capricious, illegal are liable to be quashed and set aside; (ii) That the respondent Board may kindly be directed to release the amount of arrears of pay and pension, leave encashment which became due as a result of revision of pay scales w.e.f. 1.1.2016 at once in one installment alongwith interest there on 1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 @ 9% from the date it became due till the amount is actually paid; (iii) That the respondent Board may kindly be directed to release the amount of Gratuity as per Annexure P-3 immediately in one installment alongwith interest @ 9%.” 2. Learned Counsel for the parties inform the Court that similar matters are pending adjudication before the Hon’ble Division Bench by way of CWP No. 8504 of 2025, titled as Madhu Deshta and others vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others and other connected matters. 3. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of with the direction that the adjudication by Hon’ble Division Bench in above matter shall be binding upon the parties herein and the parties shall abide by the final outcome thereof. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also stand disposed of accordingly. (Ajay Mohan Goel) Judge August 10 , 2026 (narender)