IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA CWP No. 278/2018 Decided on : 18.11.2024 Municipal Corporation, Shimla & anr. …..Petitioners Versus Meera Sharma & anr. ….Respondents Coram:

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Acting Chief Justice.

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Satyen Vaidya, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?1No.

For the Petitioners: Mr. Mukul Sood, Advocate.

For the Respondents: Mr. D. K. Khanna, Advocate, for respondent No.1.

Mr. Anup Rattan, A.G. with Mr. Pranay Pratap Singh, Mr. Sushant Kaprate, Mr. Govind Korla, Addl. A.Gs. and Ms. Priyanka Chauhan, Dy.A.G., for respondent No.2.

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Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Acting Chief Justice (oral) This writ petition at the behest of Municipal Corporation, Shimla, is directed against the judgment passed by the erstwhile Administrative Tribunal in O.A. No. 6449/2016, whereby it allowed the O.A. filed by respondent No.1 herein, by directing the petitioners herein, to count the services rendered by respondent No.1 on contract basis w.e.f. 05.02.2000 till her regularization towards pension and other retiral benefits. 2. It is not in dispute that respondent No.1 w