( 2026:HHC:17389 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA Contempt Petition No.349 of 2026 Date of decision: 15.05.2026 Rajneesh & Ors. ….Petitioners Versus Rakesh Kanwar & another ….Respondents Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sushil Kukreja, J. Whether approved for reporting ?1 For the Petitioner: Mr. Sourav Sharma, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Ankush Thakur, Deputy Advocate General. Sushil Kukreja, Judge(Oral): Issue notice. Mr. Ankush Thakur, learned Deputy Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents/State and has placed on record office order dated 14.05.2026, wherein, it has been stated that the Principal of concerned school where the petitioner is presently working is hereby directed to fix the pay of the petitioners for the period they served on contract basis (TGT) at (60%) minimum of revised pay scale alongwith such hike to which they are entitled to, in terms of revised notification from 01.01.2016 to till their regularization subject to final outcome of LPA being filed by State and in case the outcome LPA in 1 Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2 ( 2026:HHC:17389 ) favour of the Department, the petitioners are bound to refund the amount so paid to them. 2. Therefore, in view of the above, as the judgment under reference has been duly complied with, no further order is required to be passed in the present contempt petition and accordingly, the same is closed and disposed of. However, the petitioners are at liberty to assail the aforesaid consideration order dated 29.04.2026, if they still remain aggrieved. ( Sushil Kukreja ) Judge May 15, 2026 (reena)