Gurnam Singh v. the State of Hp and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Batch disposal of 67 CWPs (2025–2026) before the High Court of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla; common question on the Himachal Pradesh Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Government Employees Act, 2024 (Act No. 23 of 2025); this Court applied the judgment in Devinder Kumar & others v. State of H.P and others, CWP No.3361 of 2025 (dated 25.04.2026), which had quashed the impugned Act and nullified consequential actions with a three-month benefits-extension direction; findings applied mutatis mutandis; petitions disposed in terms of the earlier judgment with liberty for surviving grievances and fresh petitions; pending miscellaneous applications disposed similarly; coram Vivek Singh Thakur and Ranjan Sharma, JJ.; Munish Datwalia for petitioners; Anup Rattan, Advocate General, with Ramakant Sharma, Additional Advocate General, for the State.
What did the court decide?
All 67 connected petitions disposed of in terms of CWP No.3361 of 2025 (whereby the Govt. Employees Act, 2024 was quashed and consequential actions based on it were declared illegal and nullified, with benefits to be extended within three months), with liberty to pursue any surviving grievance including by fresh petitions; pending miscellaneous applications disposed of in the same terms.