JUDGMENT :

Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J.

The instant petition has been filed for grant of the following substantive reliefs:-

“i) That an appropriate writ, order or direction may very kindly be issued to respondent No.1 and 2 to issue the necessary notification bringing parity in the pay scales of employees of this High Court registry with their counter parts in Punjab and Haryana High Court, by further directing the respondent No.1 and 2 to grant 20% hike in the pay scales (grade pay) of the employees of the registry of High Court of Himachal Pradesh w.e.f. 01.01.2006, with all consequential benefits of pay, arrears etc., in the interest of law and justice and communication dated 19.12.2017 (Annexure P-18) may very kindly be quashed and set aside.

1(a). That the decision as taken in the meeting held on 24th July, 2019 which is Annexure P-19 to the Writ Petition may also very kindly be quashed and set aside, in the interest of law and justice.”

2. A single Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in its decision rendered in CWP No. 15833 of 2009 titled as Hari Mohan Dixit and others