IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP No. 2895, 3279. 3297, 3367, 3641, 3662, 3869, 3902, 4132, 4133, 4137, 4269, 4365, 4370, 4395, 4396 of 2010. Decided on: 2nd August, 2010. (For title, please see below ) Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kuldip Singh, Judge. For the petitioner : Mr. Haresh Sood, Advocate. For the Respondents : M/s Adarsh Sharma and Vikrant Thakur, Advocates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) 1. CWP No.2895 of 2010. Murari Lal. Vs. HRTC and ors. 2. CWP No.3279 of 2010. Sandeep Doharu. Vs. HRTC and ors. 3. CWP No.3297 of 2010. Suresh Kumar. Vs. HRTC and ors. 4. CWP No.3367 of 2010. Mehar Chand. Vs. HRTC and ors. 5. CWP No.3641 of 2010. Bhim Singh. Vs. HRTC and ors. 6. CWP No.3662 of 2010. Hans Raj. Vs. HRTC and ors. 7. CWP No.3869 of 2010. Keshav Ram. Vs. HRTC and ors. 2 8. CWP No.3902 of 2010. Kashmir Singh. Vs. HRTC and ors. 9. CWP No.4132 of 2010. Amin Chand. Vs. HRTC and ors. 10. CWP No.4133 of 2010. Mohinder Singh. Vs. HRTC and ors. 11. CWP No.4137 of 2010. Khem Singh. Vs. HRTC and ors. 12. CWP No.4269 of 2010. Gian Chand. Vs. HRTC and ors. 13. CWP No.4365 of 2010. Prem Chand. Vs. HRTC and ors. 14. CWP No.4370 of 2010. Ram Veer. Vs. HRTC and ors. 15. CWP No.4395 of 2010. Subhash Chand. Vs. HRTC and ors. 16. CWP No.4396 of 2010. Sanjay Sharma. Vs. HRTC and ors. All these cases pertain to the termination of the petitioners, who have been working as Bus Sahayak in the Himachal Road Transport Corporation. According to the petitioners, they have been discontinued on verbal orders. Learned counsel for the Corporation points out that there is a provision for arbitration and the Managing Director is the Arbitrator. According to the petitioners, posts of Bus Sahayak are still lying vacant and the Corporation is in dire need of those posts. There will be a direction to the 3 Managing Director to take a final decision in the matter, as sole Arbitrator within a period of one month from today. In order to enable the Managing Director to dispose of the matter, as above, in arbitration all the petitioners will appear before the Managing Director on 17th August, 2010 at 11.00 a.m. We make it clear that the Managing Director will pass a speaking order in the process. All the writ petitions are disposed of, so also the pending application(s), if any. Dasti copy. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice 2nd August, 2010 ( Justice Kuldip Singh), (tr) Judge.