IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP(T) No. 7255 of 2008. Decided on 02.08.2010. _____________________________________________________ Satish Kumar. …Petitioner. -Versus- The State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1No. __________________________________________________________ For the petitioner. : None. For the respondents. : Mr. R.P. Singh, Assistant Advocate General. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajiv Sharma, Judge (Oral): The only relief prayed for by the petitioner, is that he has not been paid the salary of the vacation period. This question is no more res integra in view of the law laid down by a Division Bench of this Court in Baldev Singh and others versus State of H.P. and others, CWP No. 415 of 2000, decided on 1st September, 2008, whereby it has been held that the teachers are entitled to the salary for winter/summer vacations and artificial breaks can not be given to the teachers to deprive them from the salary of winter/summer vacations. 2. Consequently, the petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to release the salary of the vacation period to the petitioner, strictly as per the principle laid down in the judgment cited hereinabove, within a period of ten weeks from 1 Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? the date of production of a certified copy of this judgment. No costs. (Rajiv Sharma) Judge August 02, 2010. (bhupender)