IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 1473 of 2010 Decided on 17.6.2010 Suman Lata and others ….Petitioners Versus State of H.P. and others …Respondents Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. For the Petitioners: Mr. Adarsh Kumar Vashishtha, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. R.K. Sharma, Sr. Addl. A.G. Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) Petitioner has filed this petition with the following prayers:- “i) Writ in the nature of mandamus may kindly be issued, directing the respondents to grant the benefit of pay fixation and seniority w.e.f. the due date in favour of the petitioners as has been allowed to similarly placed persons in the department of Education, Government of Himachal Pradesh alongwith consequential benefits.” 2. Despite mandatory direction(s) to file reply and if not, it will be taken that the respondents have no objection in granting the interim relief, there is no reply as yet. Be that, as it may. 3. According to the petitioner, similarly placed persons have been granted the benefit of pay fixation and seniority, as can be seen from Annexures P-15, 16, 17 and 18. In case the petitioners are also similarly situated, they cannot be discriminated. 4. There will be a direction to the first respondent to look into the matter and in case the petitioners are similarly situated, as those pointed out in the Annexures, referred to above, similar treatment shall be extended to the petitioners herein also. Needful in this behalf shall be done within a period of two months on production of copy of this judgment alongwith the copy of the writ petition. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of, so also the pending application(s), if any. Copy Dasti. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice. June 17, 2010(K/HL) ( Justice Rajiv Sharma ), Judge