IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP No. 8970 of 2011 Decided on: 18th October, 2011. Virender Singh 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 Sanjay Karol, Judge. For the Petitioners : Mr. R.S. Chandel, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General, with Mr. J.K. Verma, DAG. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The petitioners pray for vacation salary. They have been working as Lab Attendants on contract basis. The issue in principle has been settled by this Court in Baldev Singh and others Vs. State of H.P. and others (CWP No. 415 of 2000) in the case of contract teachers and that judgment has attained finality. If the vacation salary is thus paid to the teachers, there is no point in discriminating the non-teaching staff. Therefore, this writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to disburse the eligible vacation salary for the period the petitioners had worked on contract basis, within a period of four 2 months from the date of production of the copy of this judgment alongwith the copy of the writ petition by the petitioner concerned. 2. The writ petition is disposed of, so also the pending applications, if any. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice October 18, 2011(K) (Justice Sanjay Karol), Judge. 3