IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.4762 of 2026 Decided on :23.04.2026 ____________________________________________________________ Surinder Kumar & others ...Petitioners Versus Himachal Road Transport Corporation & another ...Respondents _____________________________________________________________ Coram Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jiya Lal Bhardwaj, Judge Whether approved for reporting? 1 For the petitioners: Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Raman Jamalta, Advocate. Jiya Lal Bhardwaj , Judge (Oral) Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioner would be content, in case the present petition is disposed of in terms of the decision passed by this Court in CWP No.4659 of 2024, titled, Satish Kumar & Ors. vs. HRTC & Ors., on 27.05.2024. 2. Learned counsel for the respondents-Corporation does not have any objection in case the petition is disposed of as per the mandate contained in the aforementioned judgment. 3. Keeping in view the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners and also the fact that the 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 dispute raised in the present petition has already been adjudicated upon by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, the present petition is disposed of with the direction that the decision rendered in the aforementioned judgment shall be applied mutatis mutandis to the facts of the present case. However, it is clarified that the dispute shall be adjudicated on the basis of the office memoranda dated 07.02.2015 and 07.03.2020 (wrongly typed as 07.03.2021 in the aforementioned judgment). 4. Let the needful be done by the respondents- Corporation within eight weeks from the date of receipt of copy of the judgment. Pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of. 23 rd April , 2026 ( Jiya Lal Bhardwaj ) (Anurag) Judge