Nirmala Devi v. State of Hp and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
CWP No. 14496 of 2025 Ankush Kumar v. State of H.P. & Others with connected matters; Rule 285 Himachal Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2008; Notification dated 24.5.2025 introducing six months limitation period for submission of claims; claims accrued before 24.5.2025 not time-barred; Labour Welfare Officers; Himachal Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board; State instructions dated 17.10.2025 and 2.12.2025; petitions disposed of on 4.12.2025; Bench: Vivek Singh Thakur and Romesh Verma, JJ.; oral common order.
What did the court decide?
All petitions disposed of in terms of the respondents' instructions dated 17.10.2025 and 2.12.2025: claims of the petitioners which accrued before the notification dated 24.5.2025 shall not be treated as time-barred and will be entertained for disbursement of benefits by the Labour Welfare Officers subject to completion of all codal formalities.