Rajinder Kumar Sharma v. the State of Hp and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Pay scale parity; Shastri Teacher; pay scale Rs. 5480-8925 versus Rs. 5000-8100 granted at initial appointment on 26.10.1998; consequential benefits and arrears with interest @ 9% per annum claimed but not decided; representation dated 01.01.2025 (Annexure P-2); time bound direction to competent authority to decide representation within four weeks; opportunity of hearing and detailed speaking order mandated; reliance on Madan Lal vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and another, CWP No.3341 of 2019, wherein the identical issue already stands adjudicated; liberty reserved to petitioner; merits left open; disposed without going into merits; High Court of Himachal Pradesh; single Judge, Sandeep Sharma, J.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of without adjudicating the merits, with a direction to the respondents to consider and decide the petitioner's pending representation dated 01.01.2025 (Annexure P-2) expeditiously, preferably within four weeks, after affording an opportunity of hearing and passing a detailed speaking order in light of Madan Lal (CWP No.3341 of 2019); liberty reserved to pursue further proceedings if aggrieved.