IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 16803/2026 a/w connected matters Decided on: 28.09.2026 1. CWP No. 16803/2026 Mahender Sharma …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents. 2. CWP No. 16810/2026 Om Prakash …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents 3. CWP No. 16811/2026 Tanu Kumari …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents 4. CWP No. 16812/2026 Ravinder Kumar …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents 5. CWP No. 16813/2026 Pyara Lal …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents 2 6. CWP No. 16814/2026 Anand Kumar & Anr. …Petitioners Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents 7. CWP No. 16819/2026 Pushpa Devi …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents 8. CWP No. 16820/2026 Madan Mohan …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents 9. CWP No. 16828/2026 Ajay Thakur & Ors. …Petitioners Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents 10. CWP No. 16821/2026 Pradeep Kumar …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents 11. CWP No. 16822/2026 Hemant …Petitioner Versus 3 State of H.P. & Anr. .…Respondents 12. . CWP No. 16809/2026 Anjana Sood …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Ors .…Respondents. ……………………………………………………………………………. Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner: Mr. Paras Dhaulta, Mr. Rocky, Mr. Sourav Sharma, Advocate, in all the petitions. For the respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. L.N. Sharma, Additional Advocate General in all the petitions. Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J Petitioners seek a direction to the respondents to count their contract services for the purpose of annual increments, seniority, promotion and all other consequential benefits. They seek applicability of the decision rendered in Taj Mohammad and others Versus The State of Himachal Pradesh and others2. 2. It is an admitted position that the “Himachal Pradesh Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Government Employees Act, 2024” has been quashed and set aside in Devinder Kumar & 1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? yes 2 CWP No.2004 of 2017 decided alongwith connected matter on 03.08.2023. 4 Ors. Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr3. It is also a matter of record that State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. Vs. Devinder Kumar & Ors.4 instituted by the State of Himachal Pradesh against the aforementioned judgment, has been dismissed by the Hon’ble Apex Court on 29.07.2026. While dismissing the appeal, the Hon’ble Apex Court granted four months’ time to the State Government to do the needful in terms of the judgment. In view of above, the present petition is disposed of with direction to the respondents to consider the cases of the petitioners for the grant of relief prayed for by them, in accordance with the time- line indicated by the Hon’ble Apex Court. The petitioners are at liberty to seek appropriate remedy for the redressal of their surviving grievances, if any, at an appropriate stage, in case, necessity so arises, in future. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall also stand disposed of. Jyotsna Rewal Dua Judge 28th September, 2026(rohit) 3 CWP No. 3361 of 2025 decided alonwith connected matters on 25.04.2026 4 Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 24885/2026 decided on 29.07.2026