( 2026:HHC:14408 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.19713 of 2025 a/w CWP Nos.19714, 19715, 19716, 19717, 19718, 19719, 19720, 20096, 20097, 20098, 20159, 20160, 20161, 20162, 20903, 20904, 20905, 20906, 20907, 20908, 20909, 20910, 20911, 20954, 20955, 20956, 20957, 20958, 20960, 20962, 20963, 20965, 20966, 21116, 21232, 21270, 21271, 21272, 21274, 21275, 21279 of 2025 and CWP Nos.354, 1163, 1531, 1532, 1536, 1537, 1538, 1539, 1541, 1542, 1543, 1544, 1545, 1546, 1547, 1559, 1560, 1561, 1564, 1565, 1566, 1567, 1568, , 3869, 4185 of 2026 Reserved on : 27.04.2026 Decided on : _04.05.2026 1 CWP No.19713 of 2025 Nand Lal. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 2 CWP No.19714 of 2025 Pravinder Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 3 CWP No.19715 of 2025 Khem Raj. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. -2- ( 2026:HHC:14408 ) 4 CWP No.19716 of 2025 Dayal Singh. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 5 CWP No.19717 of 2025 Sandeep Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 6 CWP No.19718 of 2025 Bhumi Chand. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 7 CWP No.19719 of 2025 Subhash Chand. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 8 CWP No.19720 of 2025 Ravinder Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 9 CWP No.20096 of 2025 Bharat Bhardwaj. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. -3- ( 2026:HHC:14408 ) 10 CWP No.20097 of 2025 Harbans Lal. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 11 CWP No.20098 of 2025 Sukhdev Singh. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 12 CWP No.20159 of 2025 Sunder Singh Chauhan. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 13 CWP No.20160 of 2025 Rakesh Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 14 CWP No.20161 of 2025 Joginder Singh. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 15 CWP No.20162 of 2025 Ashok Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. -4- ( 2026:HHC:14408 ) 16 CWP No.20903 of 2025 Guddu Yadav. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 17 CWP No.20904 of 2025 Jagdish Chand. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 18 CWP No.20905 of 2025 Sanjay Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 19 CWP No.20906 of 2025 Manujeshwar Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 20 CWP No.20907 of 2025 Satish Rana. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 21 CWP No.20908 of 2025 Vijay Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. -5- ( 2026:HHC:14408 ) 22 CWP No.20909 of 2025 Chander Shekhar Gaur. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 23 CWP No.20910 of 2025 Vijay Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 24 CWP No.20911 of 2025 Kamal Singh. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 25 CWP No.20954 of 2025 Pawan Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 26 CWP No.20955 of 2025 Jia Lal. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 27 CWP No.20956 of 2025 Ramesh Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. -6- ( 2026:HHC:14408 ) 28 CWP No.20957 of 2025 Dev Ram. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 29 CWP No.20958 of 2025 Ashok Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 30 CWP No.20960 of 2025 Sandeep Kumar Thakur. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 31 CWP No.20962 of 2025 Bharat Bhushan. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 32 CWP No.20963 of 2025 Kikker Singh. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 33 CWP No.20965 of 2025 Diudu Ram. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. -7- ( 2026:HHC:14408 ) 34 CWP No.20966 of 2025 Vipan Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 35 CWP No.21116 of 2025 Sunil Dutt. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 36 CWP No.21232 of 2025 Sunil Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 37 CWP No.21270 of 2025 Tej Singh. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 38 CWP No.21271 of 2025 Pradeep Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 39 CWP No.21272 of 2025 Pardeep Kumar Sharma. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. -8- ( 2026:HHC:14408 ) 40 CWP No.21274 of 2025 Maan Chand. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 41 CWP No.21275 of 2025 Jagdish Chand Sharma. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 42 CWP No.21279 of 2025 Ramesh Chand. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 43 CWP No.354 of 2026 Gurnam Singh. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 44 CWP No.1163 of 2026 Ranjit Singh. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 45 CWP No.1531 of 2026 Sansar Chand. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. -9- ( 2026:HHC:14408 ) 46 CWP No.1532 of 2026 Rajender Singh. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 47 CWP No.1536 of 2026 Roshan Lal. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 48 CWP No.1537 of 2026 Brijesh Chauhan. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 49 CWP No.1538 of 2026 Gulshan Kumar Dogra. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 50 CWP No.1539 of 2026 Jeewan Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 51 CWP No.1541 of 2026 Suman Dev Kashyap. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. -10- ( 2026:HHC:14408 ) 52 CWP No.1542 of 2026 Pritam Chand. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 53 CWP No.1543 of 2026 Ajit Singh. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 54 CWP No.1544 of 2026 Piara Ram. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 55 CWP No.1545 of 2026 Anil Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 56 CWP No.1546 of 2026 Brijender Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 57 CWP No.1547 of 2026 Ran Singh. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. -11- ( 2026:HHC:14408 ) 58 CWP No.1559 of 2026 Tek Chand. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 59 CWP No.1560 of 2026 Mukesh Thakur. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 60 CWP No.1561 of 2026 Vinod Kumar Chopra. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 61 CWP No.1564 of 2026 Suresh Kumar Sharma. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 62 CWP No.1565 of 2026 Ram Singh. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 63 CWP No.1566 of 2026 Suresh Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. -12- ( 2026:HHC:14408 ) 64 CWP No.1567 of 2026 Ashok Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 65 CWP No.1568 of 2026 Brejesh Kumar. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 66 CWP No.3869 of 2026 Jitender Singh. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents. 67 CWP No.4185 of 2026 Anuj Pundir. …Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. …Respondents. Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vivek Singh Thakur, Judge. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ranjan Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the petitioners : Mr. Munish Datwalia, Advocate. For the respondent(s) : Mr.Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr.Ramakant Sharma, Additional Advocate General. -13- ( 2026:HHC:14408 ) Vivek Singh Thakur, Judge For deciding common issue involved to be adjudicated on the basis of common question of law and facts, these petitions are being decided by this common judgment. 2 Admittedly, main issue involved in present petition with respect to validity, legality and constitutionality of Himachal Pradesh Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Government Employees Act, 2024 (Act No. 23 of 2025) (in short ‘Govt. Employees Act’/the Act/the impugned Act) has been adjudicated and decided vide judgment dated 25.04.2026 passed in CWP No.3361 of 2025 titled as Devinder Kumar & others vs State of H.P and others connected matters, wherein, it has been observed as under:- “2. In all these petitions, the petitioners are mainly aggrieved by the enactment of the Himachal Pradesh Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Government Employees Act, 2024 (Act No. 23 of 2025) (in short ‘Govt. Employees Act’/the Act/the impugned Act). 3. In this common judgment, we are adjudicating only the constitutionality, validity, and legality of the Govt. Employee Act. For other reliefs, the consequences shall follow accordingly, and in case any further relief(s) is/are required to be determined after adjudication of additional facts, not discussed or adjudicated or covered in this judgment, the petitioners shall be at liberty to avail appropriate remedies, including the filing of fresh petitions for redressal of grievance based on such other issues raised or not raised in these petitions. ..... ............. ............... ..... 202. Accordingly, in view of above discussion and considering the ratio of law laid down by the Apex Court, the impugned Act is quashed and set aside. 203. In view of quashing of the impugned Act, all consequential action, omission and commission of the respondents-State and its functionaries, based on the impugned Act, are declared illegal, unconstitutional and nullify, and resultantly orders/rejection/directions, withdrawal, denying benefits or proposing recovery of already granted reliefs, based on the -14- ( 2026:HHC:14408 ) impugned Act, in conflict with the mandate of the Court are also quashed and set aside and competent authority(ies) is directed to ensure extension of benefits to the employees in terms of judgments passed by the competent Courts, latest by three months from today by issuing appropriate orders, if so required, in consonance with the Constitutional mandate and verdict of the Court(s).” 3. Finding returned in CWP No.3361 of 2025 title Devinder Kumar & others vs State of HP and others shall be applicable mutatis mutandis to present matters to all intends and purposes. 4. Accordingly, aforesaid observations and directions, these petitions are also disposed of in terms of CWP No. 3361 of 2025 with liberty to the parties to avail appropriate remedy with respect to surviving grievance, if any, regarding issue raised or not raised in these petitions including filing of fresh petition(s). Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also stand disposed of in same terms. (Vivek Singh Thakur) Judge (Ranjan Sharma) Judge. 04 May, 2026 (ms)