IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA C.W.P. Nos. 4732 & 4733 of 2011 Date of decision: June 22 , 2011 1. CWP No. 4732 of 2011 Raghvendra Kumar Gupta Vs. State of H.P. and others 2. CWP No. 4733 of 2011 Vinod Kumar and another Vs. State of H.P. and others Coram The Hon’ble Mr.Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Sharma, Judge For the Petitioner: Mr. Vivek Singh Thakur, Advocate For the Respondents: Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General, with Ankush Sood, Addl. A.G. and Mr. J.K.Verma, Dy. A.G. ___________________________________________________________ Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) Petitioners are aggrieved since they have not been paid vacation salary. The issue, in principle, is otherwise covered in favour of the petitioners by the decision of this Court in Baldev Singh and others Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others, which has become final, since the SLP has been dismissed. The respondents have taken a strange stand that vacation salary since the date of their appointment cannot be given. To say the least, it is the perverse stand if not unreasonable. Once it has been held that the petitioners are entitled to vacation salary, that entitlement should relate back to all the vacations and not prospectively. The writ petitions are hence disposed of directing the 3rd respondent/competent authority to work out the eligible benefits 2 to the petitioners in view of the declaration, as above and disburse the vacation salary within a period of four months from the date of production of the copy of this judgment by the petitioner concerned. The pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of. ( Justice Kurian Joseph ), Chief Justice June 22, 2011 (K) ( Justice V.K. Sharma), Judge