IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP Nos. 5091, 5171, 5172, 5173,5174, 5175, 5176, 5177, 5178, 5179, 5180 and 5181 of 2010. Date of decision: 24.8.2010. 1. CWP No. 5091 of 2010. Yash Pal vs. CEO-cum-Secretary HIMUDA 2. CWP No. 5171 of 2010. Laskari Ram vs. CEO-cum-Secretary HIMUDA 3. CWP No. 5172 of 2010. Saroj Kumari vs. CEO-cum-Secretary HIMUDA 4. CWP No. 5173 of 2010. Maya Devi vs. CEO-cum-Secretary HIMUDA 5. CWP No. 5174 of 2010. Gulab Singh vs. CEO-cum-Secretary HIMUDA 6. CWP No. 5175 of 2010. Suresh Kumar vs. CEO-cum-Secretary HIMUDA 7. CWP No. 5176 of 2010. Sunni Thakur vs. CEO-cum-Secretary HIMUDA 8. CWP No. 5177 of 2010. Sanjay Kumar vs. CEO-cum-Secretary HIMUDA 9. CWP No. 5178 of 2010. Ravi vs. CEO-cum-Secretary HIMUDA 10. CWP No. 5179 of 2010. Prithi Pal vs. CEO-cum-Secretary HIMUDA 11. CWP No. 5180 of 2010. Ramesh Chand vs. CEO-cum-Secretary HIMUDA 12. CWP No. 5181 of 2010. Tara Singh vs. CEO-cum-Secretary HIMUDA Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kuldip Singh, Judge. For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Vikrant Thakur, Advocate. …2… For the Respondents : Mr. S.S.Sood, Advocate vice Mr. Neel Kamal Sood, Advocate. Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The petitioners in these cases are aggrieved since the first respondent has discontinued their services. According to the learned Standing Counsel for the Authority, the services have been dispensed with on the basis of the direction issued by the Government for accommodating the surplus employees. It is also seen from the writ petitions that their representations are pending before the second respondent. Therefore, these writ petitions are disposed of as follows:- i) In the cases of the petitioners who have filed the representations before the second respondent, the same will be disposed of within three months by the competent authority. In the case of those petitioners, who have not filed any representation, they may do so within a month from today. ii) In case there is work available with the first respondent, the respondents will engage the petitioners in preference to fresh recruits. 2. With these observations, the writ petitions are disposed of, so also the pending application(s), if any. Copy dasti. ( Justice Kurian Joseph ), Chief Justice. August 24, 2010. ( Justice Kuldip Singh ), (Hem) Judge.