Amit Katoch & Ors. v. State of HP & Anr.
Case at a glance
- Decided
- 13 May 2026
- Bench
- AJAY MOHAN GOEL
Outcome
Disposed of
This writ petition is disposed of by issuance of a
Provisions considered
Key paragraphs
- Para 44. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, also stand disposed of. 13th May, 2026 (Guleria) (Ajay Mohan Goel) Judge
Judgment
The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioners. : Mr. Mandeep Chandel, Advocate. For the respondents. : Mr. Rajpal Thakur, Additional Advocate General. Ajay Mohan Goel, J (Oral) By way of this writ petition, the petitioners have prayed, inter alia, for the following reliefs:-
i) That this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue the writ in the nature of mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or directions to the respondent to grant the benefit of contract service for the all purposes and other consequential including as qualifying service for pensionary benefit and other benefits, being patently illegal and arbitrary besides the same being in violation to the settled law of the land; ii) That this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue the writ in the nature of mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or direction the respondent to grant the benefits under CAS (Career Advancement Scheme) after taking into consideration the entire contract services as per the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India vide judgment passed in case titled as The Mahatma 1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 Gandhi University ad other vs. Rinchymol Mathew Civil Appeal No. 8031 of 2022.
Operative part
This writ petition is disposed of by issuance of a direction to the respondents to decide the representation filed by the petitioners in light of the judgments referred therein, within a period of eight weeks’ from today, more so in light of the fact that the Himachal Pradesh Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Government Employees Act, 2024 has been declared as ultra virus by the Hon’ble Division Bench of this Court, vide judgment dated
25.4.2026, passed in CWP No. 3361 of 2025 and connected matters. As far as other reliefs prayed for by the petitioners are concerned, they are at liberty to approach the Court qua the said reliefs later on, as and when advised.
Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, also stand disposed of. 13th May, 2026 (Guleria) (Ajay Mohan Goel) Judge
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: This writ petition is disposed of by issuance of a
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Pradesh Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Government Employees Act, 2024.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Himachal Pradesh High Court, on 13 May 2026. The bench was AJAY MOHAN GOEL.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
This is a result about the indexed corpus, not a finding that the judgment remains good law. Coverage may be incomplete.