Reeta Devi and Ors. v. the State of Hp and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Pay fixation representation case: five connected CWPs (Nos. 136, 137, 139, 249, 698 of 2025) before the Himachal Pradesh High Court; employees sought pay fixation from 03.11.2016 at minimum revised pay scale Rs.38,100 under HP Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2022; grievance was non-decision of Annexure P-4 representations. Court (Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, 09.01.2025) held the welfare State must decide employee representations within a reasonable time per the State Litigation Policy, and disposed of the petitions directing a decision in accordance with law within six weeks with communication of the order. Keywords: representation undecided, reasonable time, mandamus, revised pay scale, arrears, litigation policy.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the respondents/competent authority to consider and decide the petitioners' representations (Annexure P-4) in accordance with law within six weeks and to communicate the order so passed to the petitioners; pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also disposed of. The substantive pay-fixation claim itself was not adjudicated.