Sarita Kumari v. the State of Hp and Another
Service law – promotion to post of Principal (School Cadre)
Case brief
What is this about?
Sarita Kumari v. State of H.P. & Anr., CWP No. 10278 of 2026, decided 02.07.2026 by Justice Ajay Mohan Goel (Oral), High Court of Himachal Pradesh. Notional promotion of petitioner to post of Principal (School Cadre) under Annexure P-5 dated 08.05.2025 held bad; relief granted in terms of Vijay Parmar, CWP No. 9321 of 2025 (decided 06.04.2026) mutatis mutandis; regularization and consequential benefits (pay scale, allowances, arrears, increments, pensionary benefits) from actual date of joining on placement basis; order subject to State's right to agitate. Keywords: notional promotion, regularization, pay scale, arrears, pensionary benefits, parity, Principal (School Cadre), Himachal Pradesh.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with the directions in Vijay Parmar and others Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh (CWP No. 9321 of 2025, decided 06.04.2026) construed to have been passed mutatis mutandis: the notional promotion under Annexure P-5 dated 08.05.2025 held bad; petitioner conferred the benefit of regularization as conferred to counterparts from the actual date of joining as Principal on placement basis, with all consequential benefits (pay scale, allowances, arrears of salary, increments, pensionary benefits with interest as prayed); order subject to the respondents' legal rights to agitate; pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also stand disposed of accordingly.