Multan Singh v. the State of Hp and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
CWP No.18990 of 2025, High Court of Himachal Pradesh at Shimla, decided 03.12.2025 by Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J. Keywords: work charge status; eight years of service; incidental benefits; Irrigation & Public Health Department employee; State of H.P. v. Surajmani (Civil Appeal No.1595 of 2025, decided 06.02.2025); direction to competent authority to consider case per Apex Court precedent; six-week timeline; communication of order; disposal without examining merits; miscellaneous applications disposed. Useful for petitions resolved by directing consideration in light of Surajmani rather than adjudication on merits.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of, without examining merits, with direction to respondents/competent authority to consider and decide the petitioner's case in accordance with the law laid down in Surajmani and pass appropriate order in accordance with law within six weeks; copy of the order so passed to be communicated to the petitioner; pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, to stand disposed of.