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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

CWP No.12845 of 2025

Date of Decision: 24.12.2025

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Daya Nand Sharma ……...Petitioner

Versus

State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. …....Respondents

Coram

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?

For the Petitioner: Mr. Vasu Sood, Advocate.

For the respondents: Mr. Rajan Kahol & Mr. Vishal Panwar,

Additional Advocates General with Mr. Ravi

Cuhauhan, Deputy Advocate General.

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Sandeep Sharma, Jo. (Oral)

By way of instant petition, petitioner has prayed for

the following main reliefs:-

“a. The impugned Annexure P-5 dated 13.06.2025 passed by

respondent No.3 may kindly be quashed and set aside by issuing

writ of certiorari.

b. That the respondents may kindly be directed by issuing

the writ of mandamus to grant the pay scale of Rs.1640-2925

(instead of 1500-2700 as wrongly granted to the petitioner) w.e.f

17.05.1996, when the petitioner joined as Language Teacher,

pursuant to his selection as Language Teacher by the Public

Service Commission and further directions may kindly be issued

to grant the revised pay scale of Rs.5480-8925/- from the due

date, instead of 5000-8100 and other consequential benefits may

kindly be ordered to be granted, including arrears thereof, with

interest at the rate of 9% per annum from the due date till the

date of actual payment, on every revision of pay scale from time

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to time. The respondents may very kindly be directed to release

revised pay scale, as revised from time to time .by the

Government to the petitioner with the basic pay grade along with

all other consequential benefits.”

2. Though this Court had directed respondents-State to

file reply, but Mr. Rajan Kahol, learned Additional Advocate

General, has placed on record communication dated 22.12.2025,

issued under the signatures of Director, School Education,

Himachal Pradesh, enclosing therewith copy of office order dated

20.12.2025 Deputy Director School Education (Elementary),

Kullu, District Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, to state that relief, as

prayed for in the instant petition, has been granted to the

petitioner.

3. Having carefully perused aforesaid documents, which

are taken on record, this Court finds that respondents, after

having considered the case of the petitioner, have found him

entitled to benefits in terms of judgment passed by this Court in

CWP No.3341 of 2019, titled as Madan Lal Sharma Vs. State

of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. Deputy Director, School

Education (Elementary), Kullu, being a cadre controlling

authority of the petitioner, who belongs to LT category, has

passed office order dated 20.12.2025, perusal whereof reveals

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that petitioner has been held entitled to the pay scale of Rs.1640-

2925/- (revised Pay scale w.e.f 01.01.1986) from the daPte of his

initial appointment on regular basis as LT and subsequently to

the pay scale of Rs.5480-8925/- (HPS) (RP) Rules, 1998) w.e.f

01.01.1996 from the date of his initial appointment on regular

basis as LT. Besides above, direction ohas also been issued to the

concerned department for relea se of consequential benefits in

terms of instructions isrsued by the Finance Department,

Himachal Pradesh, from time to time.

3. In view of the above, nothing remains to be

adjudicated in the instant petition and accordingly, the same is

disposed of with a direction to the respondents to do the needful

in terms of office order dated 20.12.2025, expeditiously,

preferably within four weeks from today. Needless to say,

H petitioner herein shall also furnish an undertaking in terms of

afore office memorandum, enabling the respondents to do the

needful within stipulated time. Pending application(s), if any,

stand disposed of.

December 24, 2025 (Sandeep Sharma),

(sunil) Judge

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