CWP No. 1660/2011 28.3.2011 Present Mr. Onkar Jairath, counsel for the petitioner. Mr.R.K. Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. Rajinder Dogra, Additional Advocate and Mr. J.K. Verma, Deputy Advocate General for the respondents. Writ petition is filed with the following prayers: (i) Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ or direction quashing the impugned letter dated 18.3.2010( Annexure P-3 ) issued by the Principal Secretary (Education) to the Government of HP and all further communication in pursuance to this letter. (ii) Issue a writ of mandamus or any other writ, order or direction directing the respondents to pay the salary for the vacation period to the petitioners for which the persons appointed on contract basis have been held entitled. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the issue is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court rendered in Baldev Singh Vs. State of HP & others. In the absence of otherwise instructions, learned counsels appearing for the State are not in a position to oppose this prayer. Therefore, this writ petition is disposed of in the light of judgment above stated , with a direction to the respondents to take decision accordingly, within a period of six weeks from the date of production of the copy of this judgment along with a copy of the writ petition and copy of the judgment referred to above. The writ petition is disposed of, so also the pending applications. ( R.B. Misra ), J. (V.K. Sharma ), J. 28th March, 2011 (sl)