Challenge by the State in CWP No. 2489 of
2018, titled as State of H.P. & others Vs. Suresh Chand
Heer & others and CWP No. 6972 of 2021, titled as
State of H.P. & others versus Kavita Thakur & others,
is to the order dated 09.01.2018, passed by the
erstwhile State Administrative Tribunal, Shimla (for
short ‘the Tribunal’) in a bunch of 20 Original
Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment?
Applications, the lead case of which was Original
Application No. 5241 of 2016, titled Suresh Kumar
Heer & others versus State of Himachal Pradesh &
others, whereby the Original Applications filed by the
employees were allowed and the recovery order dated
10.10.2016 (Annexure A-2) was quashed. The State
thus was directed to grant pay scale of Rs. 10,300-
34,800/- plus grade pay of Rs. 4200/- with initial start
of Rs 16,290/- to the employees, on the principle of
‘equal pay for equal work’.