IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP No. 5069 of 2010 alongwith connected matters. Decided on: August 23, 2010. 1. CWP No. 5069 of 2010. Vijay Kumar versus CEO-cum- Secretary, HIMUDA and anr. 2. CWP No. 5070 of 2010. Baldev Singh versus CEO-cum- Secretary, HIMUDA and anr. 3. CWP No. 5071 of 2010. Santosh Kumar versus CEO-cum- Secretary, HIMUDA and anr. 4. CWP No. 5072 of 2010. Kamalkant versus CEO-cum- Secretary, HIMUDA and anr. 5. CWP No. 5073 of 2010. Pawan Kumar versus CEO-cum- Secretary, HIMUDA and anr. 6. CWP No. 5074 of 2010. Vinay Thakur versus CEO-cum- Secretary, HIMUDA and anr. 7. CWP No. 5075 of 2010. Satish Kumar versus CEO-cum- Secretary, HIMUDA and anr. 8. CWP No. 5076 of 2010. Vikash Thakur versus CEO-cum- Secretary, HIMUDA and anr. 9. CWP No. 5077 of 2010. Nota Ram versus CEO-cum- Secretary, HIMUDA and anr. 10. CWP No. 5078 of 2010. Anil Kumar versus CEO-cum- Secretary, HIMUDA and anr. 11. CWP No. 5079 of 2010. Dharam Pal versus CEO-cum- Secretary, HIMUDA and anr. 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. For the Respondents: Mr. Neel Kamal Sood, Advocate. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 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 cases 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 Petition is disposed of, so also the pending application(s), if any. Copy Dasti. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice. August 23, 2010. ( Justice Kuldip Singh), (karan) Judge.