1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP No. 7102 of 2011 alongwith CWP Nos. 7131, 7345, 7349, 7369, 7370, 7375 & 7376 of 2011. Decided on: 2nd September, 2011. 1. CWP No. 7102 of 2011. Sunita Kumari Dhiman Vs. State of H.P. & anr. 2. CWP No. 7131 of 2011. Chaman Lal & anr. Vs. State of H.P. & ors. 3. CWP No. 7345 of 2011. Mehar Singh Vs. State of H.P. & ors. 4. CWP No. 7349 of 2011. Geeta Ram Vs. State of H.P. & ors. 5. CWP No. 7369 of 2011. Rajni Devi Vs. State of H.P. & ors. 6. CWP No. 7370 of 2011. Rajneesh Goel Vs. State of H.P. & ors. 7. CWP No. 7375 of 2011. Jagdish Chand Vs. State of H.P. & ors. 8. CWP No. 7376 of 2011. Jagdish K. Sharma Vs. State of H.P. & ors. 2 Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surinder Singh, Judge. For the petitioner(s) : Mr. Sanjeev Bhushan, Advocate in CWP No. 7102. Mr. Inder Singh, Advocate in CWP No. 7131 of 2011. Mr. Onkar Jairath, Advocate in CWP Nos. 7345 & 7349 of 2011. Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Advocate in CWP No. 7369, 7370 & 7376 of 2011. Mr. Adarsh K. Vashista, Advocate in CWP No. 7375 of 2011. For the respondents : Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Additional Advocate General and Mr. J.K. Verma, Deputy Advocate General. Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) This issue pertaining to vacation salary to contract teachers is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court rendered in Baldev Singh and others versus State of H.P. and others, CWP No. 415 of 2000, decided on 1st September, 2008 and the judgment has become final. Therefore, these writ petitions are disposed of directing the respondents to release eligible 3 vacation salary, during the entire service period, to the petitioners in case the same has not been granted so far, within a period of three months from the date of production of a copy of this judgment along with a copy of the writ petition(s) and a copy of the judgment, referred to above by the petitioner(s). 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. Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice 2nd September, 2011. (Justice Surinder Singh), (cm/hl) Judge.