IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWPs No. 8455, 8456, 8457, 8459, 8492, 8495, 8499, 8448 and 8500 of 2011 Decided on: 26th September, 2011. 1. CWP No. 8455 of 2011. Praveen Kumar versus State of H.P. & Ors. 2. CWP NO. 8456 of 2011. Madan Lal versus State of H.P. & Ors. 3. CWP NO. 8457 of 2011. Hamant Kumar versus State of H.P. & Ors. 4. CWP NO. 8459 of 2011. Madhu Sharma versus State of H.P. & Ors. 5. CWP NO. 8492 of 2011. Ramesh Kumar versus State of H.P. & anr. 6. CWP NO. 8495 of 2011. Balbir Singh & anr. versus State of H.P. & anr. 7. CWP NO. 8499 of 2011. Vandana Raina & anr. versus State of H.P. & anr. 8. CWP NO. 8500 of 2011. Pradeep Kumar versus State of H.P. & Ors. 9. CWP No. 8448 of 2011. Anita Devi. Versus State of H.P. & ors. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Karol, Judge. For the petitioners : M/s Vijay Verma, Neel Kamal Sood, 2 Rupinder Singh, S.C. Sharma and L.N. Sharma, Advocates, for the respective petitioners. For the Respondents : Mr. R.K. Bawa, AG with Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Addl. AG and Mr. J.K. Verma, Dy. AG. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) This issue pertaining to the vacation salary to contract teachers is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court rendered in CWP No.415 of 2000, titled as Baldev Singh and others vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others and the judgment has become final. Therefore, these writ petitions are disposed of directing the respondents to release the due and admissible vacation salary, during the entire service period, to the petitioners in case the same has not been granted so far, within a period of four months from the date of production of a copy of this judgment along with a copy of the writ petition(s) and the copy of the judgment, referred to above by the petitioner(s) concerned. If the amounts are not disbursed as above, the petitioners will be entitled to interest @ 10% and the officers responsible for the delay shall be personally liable for the same. 2. The writ petitions are disposed of, so also the pending applications, if any. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice 26th September, 2011. (Justice Sanjay Karol), (hl/kck) Judge.