Satish Kumar and Others vs State of H.P.

Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge

The Writ Petition is filed with the following prayers:-

(i) That the respondents may very kindly be directed to grant the revised pay scale of Rs.4550-7220/- to the petitioners w.e.f. 1.1.1996/initial date of appointment till regularization of their services and the arrears accrued thereunder be paid with interest @ 9% per annum, in the interest of justice.

(ii) That the petitioners may also be kindly held entitled for the benefit of merger of 50% DA to basic pay + 11% DA w.e.f. 30.4.2004 and further revision thereof from time to time till the regularization of his services with all consequential benefits and arrears accrued on this count be paid with interest.

According to the petitioners, the issue is covered in their favour by the judgment of this Court rendered in CWP (T) No. 14232 of 2008, titled as Nek Ram & others Versus State of H.P. & others, decided on 17.11.2009. If that be so, similar treatment shall also be extended to the petitioners herein also, as extended to the petitioner in the above referred decision, in case the petitioners are also similarly situated, within a period of three months from the date of production of a copy of this judgment along with a copy of the writ petition by the petitioner and the copy of the judgment, referred to above, before the second respondent.

The writ petition is disposed of, so also the pending