Skip to main content
LawSphereX

TEJ SINGH v. STATE OF HP AND ORS

Court: High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Bench: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTSNA REWAL DUA

Judgment date:

Case summary

High Court of Himachal Pradesh judgment dated 2024-12-26. TEJ SINGH v. STATE OF HP AND ORS. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.

Judgment text

IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No. 340 of 2024 th Decided on: 26 December 2024 _________________________________________________________________ Tej Singh .... Petitioner Versus State of H. P. & Ors. …Respondents _________________________________________________________________ Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua 1 Whether approved for reporting? _________________________________________________________________ For the petitioner: Mr. Munish Dhatwalia, Advocate. For the respondents: Ms. Menka Raj Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General. ________________________________________________________________ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, matter is heard at this state. 2. This petition has been filed for grant of following reliefs: - “i. That the Hon’ble Court may kindly direct the respondents to extend the benefits of Judgment dated 7-7-2023 passed in CWP No. 2500/2021 in favour of petitioner.

il) That Your Lordship may graciously be pleased to issue the writ in the nature of certiorari quashing and setting aside the impugned action of the Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? - 2 - respondents, whereby they have been denied the benefits of promotion increment by not invoking the provisions of FR 22(I)(a)(1) as gas done with incumbents promoted to the post of Head Teacher after 1. 10. 2012. iii) That Your Lordships may further graciously be pleased to issue the writ in nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to fix the pay of the petitioners in pay band of 10300-34800+4400 grade pay with additional 3 % promotional increment w. e. f 1. 10. 2012 with all consequentially benefits as has done with the incumbents promoted to the post of Head Teacher after 1. 10. 2012 with all consequential benefits @ 9%. ” 3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the issue involved and the reliefs prayed for by the petitioners have already been adjudicated Ranjit Singh and others Vs. 2 State of H. P. and others . Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner would be content if the case of the petitioner is considered by the respondents in light of the aforesaid judgment within a time bound schedule. Learned Deputy Advocate General has no objection to this prayer. 4. Having regard to above submissions but without examining the merits of the matter, this petition is disposed CWP No. 2500 of 2021, decided alongwith connected matters on 07. 07. 2023 - 3 -of by directing the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners in light of the aforesaid judgment and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order. The decision so arrived at, shall be communicated to the petitioner.

Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also to stand disposed of. Jyotsna Rewal Dua Judge December 26, 2024 R. Atal

Source: High Court of Himachal Pradesh. Dataset: Dattam Labs. CC BY 4.0. Text extracted automatically; compare with the source PDF for layout and accuracy.