IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP Nos. 6917, 7035, 7036, 7040, 7042, 7044 and 7539 of 2011. Decided on: September 06, 2011. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CWP No. 6917 of 2011 Rajni Rana vs. State of H.P. & others CWP No. 7035 of 2011 Harsh Vardhan vs. State of H.P. & others CWP No. 7036 of 2011 Sangeeta Sharma vs. State of H.P. & others CWP No. 7040 of 2011 Prem Lata vs. State of H.P. & others CWP No. 7042 of 2011 Pushpa Verma. vs. State of H.P. & others CWP No. 7044 of 2011 Santosh Kumari vs. State of H.P. & others CWP No. 7539 of 2011 Shashi Pal Sharma & Ors. vs. State of H.P. & others Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Karol, Judge. For the petitioners: M/s. Surinder Sharma, R.S Gautam, A. K Dhiman, B.S Thakur, Ajay Dhiman and Neel Kamal Sood Advocates for the respective petitioner(s) For the respondents: Mr. R. K Bawa, A.G with Mr. Ankush Dass Sood,, Addl. A.G. & Mr. J.K. Verma, Dy. A.G. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 CWP No. 415 of 2000 titled as Baldev Singh versus State of H.P. & Others, and the judgment has become final. Therefore, these writ petitions are disposed of directing the respondents to release the 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 the copy of this judgment alongwith a copy of the Writ Petition(s) and the copy of the judgment, referred to above. 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 application (s), if any. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice. (Justice Sanjay Karol), Judge September 6, 2011. (rana/priti)