1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP No. 9790 of 2011-I alongwith CWP Nos. 9793 of 2011-J, 9806 of 2011-A, 9807 of 2011-A, 9814 of 2011- B & 9816 of 2011-B. Decided on: 18.11.2011 1. CWP No. 9790 of 2011-I Dr. Manohar Lal Vs. State of H.P. & ors. 2. CWP No. 9793 of 2011-J Jagidsh Kumar Vs. State of H.P. & ors. 3. CWP No. 9806 of 2011-A Sushil Kumar Vs. State of H.P. & ors. 4. CWP No. 9807 of 2011-A Ankur Sood Vs. State of H.P. & ors. 5. CWP No. 9814 of 2011-B Neelam Kumari Vs. State of H.P. & ors. 6. CWP No. 9816 of 2011-B Gian Chand Sandhu & ors. Vs. State of H.P. & ors. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Ahuja, Judge. For the petitioner(s) : M/s Vijay Verma, Kartik Kumar, Onkar Jairath and Avinash Jaryal, Advocates for the respective petitioners. 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 for the respondents-State. 2 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 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 and a copy of the judgment, referred to above by the petitioner 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 pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice. November 18, 2011 (Justice V.K. Ahuja), (hl/pankaj) Judge.