Uma Pundir v. the State of Hp and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Himachal Pradesh High Court, Shimla; CWP No. 14550/2024; decided 04.01.2025; Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J. Petitioner Uma Pundir vs State of H.P. & Ors. Subject: counting of pre-1986/DRDA regular service for pension and retiral benefits; undecided representation dated 30.08.2024 (Annexure P-3); direction to competent authority to decide representation within six weeks and communicate order; welfare State obligation to decide representations within reasonable time; reference to Litigation Policy of the State; petition disposed of, not decided on merits; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Respondents/competent authority directed to consider and decide the petitioner's representation dated 30.08.2024 (Annexure P-3) in accordance with law within six weeks and to communicate the order so passed to the petitioner; pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, stand disposed of. No adjudication on the merits of counting service from 1986 for pension was made by this Court.