IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWPs No. 3531, 3532, 3539, 3540, 3541, 3729, 6195, 6641, 6645 and 7026 of 2010. Decided on: 10th March, 2011. 1. CWP No.3531 of 2010. Chander Prabha. Vs. State of H.P. & others. 2. CWP No.3532 of 2010. Desh Raj. Vs. State of H.P. & others. 3. CWP No.3539 of 2010. Damyanti Devi. Vs. State of H.P. & others. 4. CWP No.3540 of 2010. Mukand Lal. Vs. State of H.P. & others. 5. CWP No.3541 of 2010. Sandhya Thakur. Vs. State of H.P. & others. 6. CWP No.3729 of 2010. Arvind Kumar. Vs. State of H.P. & others. 7. CWP No.6195 of 2010. Vinod Kumar. Vs. State of H.P. & others. 8. CWP No.6641 of 2010. Nirmal Singh. Vs. State of H.P. & others. 9. CWP No. 6645 of 2010. Kartar Chand. Vs. State of H.P. & others. 10. CWP No.7026 of 2010. Seema Rani. Vs. State of H.P. & others. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surinder Singh, Judge. For the petitioners : Ms. Kiran Dhiman, Advocate vice Mr. Onkar Jairath, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General, with Mr. J.K. Verma, DAG, for respondents No.1 to 3. 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The writ petitions are filed mainly with the following prayer: “(B) That the writ in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction may kindly be issued directing the respondents to release the grants- in-aid from the date of her appointment till date along with interest @ 9%.” 2. According to the petitioners, many similarly situated persons have been granted grant-in-aid. It will be open to the petitioners to point out this aspect before the second respondent. Therefore, these writ petitions are disposed of as follows: 3. There will be a direction to the second respondent to examine the case of the individual petitioner and in case similarly situated persons have been granted grant-in-aid as per policy, the petitioners will not be discriminated. The needful action, as above, shall be taken within a period of four months from the date of production of a copy of the judgment along with a copy of the writ petition by the petitioner concerned before the second respondent. 4. The writ petitions are disposed of, so also the pending applications, if any. Dasti copy. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice 10th March, 2011. (Justice Surinder Singh), (tr/vt) Judge. 3