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Manish Kumar and Another v. Rakesh Kanwar and Another

Himachal Pradesh HC14 May 2026COPC/213/2026

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Contempt petition compliance; pay fixation of contract C & V teachers; 60% minimum of revised pay scale; Office Order dated 20.04.2026; communication dated 12.05.2026; pay fixation from 01.01.2016 till regularization; subject to final outcome of LPA filed by State; Himachal Pradesh; judgment under reference duly complied with; matter closed; petition and pending applications disposed of.

What did the court decide?

Contempt petition closed without further orders upon recorded compliance (pay fixation per Office Order dated 20.04.2026); the petition and pending applications were disposed of. ¶10

Manish Kumar and Another Vs Rakesh Kanwar and Another — Himachal Pradesh HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

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COPC No. 213 of 2026 Decided on: 14.05.2026
________________________________________________ Manish Kumar & Anr. ....Petitioners Versus
Rakesh Kanwar & Anr. …Respondents
_ Coram
The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sushil Kukreja, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?¹
For the petitioners : Mr. Vikrant, Advocate, vice Mr. Rocky, Advocate.
For the respondents : Mr. Ankush Thakur, Deputy Advocate General.

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Sushil Kukreja, Judge (oral)

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Learned Deputy Advocate General has placed on record communication dated 12.05.2026 alongwith copy of Office Order dated 20.04.2026, wherein, it has been stated that the Principal/HM of the concerned school where the petitioners are presently working has been directed to fix the pay of the petitioners for the period they served on contract basis (C & V teacher) at the (60%) minimum of the revised

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pay scale alongwith such hike to which they are entitled to in 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment?

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terms of revised notification from 01.01.2016 till their regularization subject to final outcome of LPA being filed by the State and other legal remedies.

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Since judgment under reference stood duly complied with, therefore, no further orders are required to be passed in the present contempt petition and the matter is closed.

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The petition is disposed of, so also pending

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application(s), if any.

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( Sushil Kukreja ) 14^th May, 2026 Judge (raman)

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