Himachal Pradesh High CourtUsha Devi vs Himachal Road Transport Corporation on 7 January, 2021Bench:L. Narayana Swamy,Ravi Malimath1HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA\n\n                           CWP No.121 of 2021 alongwith CWPs\n                           No.55, 122 to 125, 128 to 138, 187 to\n\n\n\n\n                                                               .192 and 195 of 2021.Decided on: January 07, 2021\n\n     CWP No.121 of 2021\n\n\n\n\n\n     Usha Devi                                     .............Petitioner\n                                 Versus\n     Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n     and another                                  ........Respondents\n     _______________________________________________________________\n\n\n\n\n\n     CWP No.55 of 2021\n     Daljeet Singh                                 .............Petitioner\n                                 Versus\n     Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n     and another                                  ........Respondents\n\n     _______________________________________________________________CWP No.122 of 2021Sham Singh                                    .............Petitioner\n                                 Versus\n     Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n     and another                                  ........Respondents\n\n\n     _______________________________________________________________CWP No.123 of 2021Yudhi Lal                                     .............Petitioner\n                                 Versus\n\n\n\n\n     Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n     and another                                  ........Respondents\n\n\n\n\n\n     _______________________________________________________________CWP No.124 of 2021Kamlesh Kumar                                 .............Petitioner\n\n\n\n\n\n                                 Versus\n     Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n     and another                                  ........Respondents\n     _______________________________________________________________CWP No.125 of 2021Piar Chand                                    .............Petitioner\n                                 Versus\n     Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n     and another                                  ........Respondents\n     _______________________________________________________________::: Downloaded on - 11/01/2021 20:15:11 :::HCHP2CWP No.128 of 2021Tara Chand                                    .............Petitioner\n                                Versus\n    Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n    and another                                   ........Respondents\n    _______________________________________________________________\n\n\n\n\n                                                              .CWP No.129 of 2021Jagdish Chand                                 .............Petitioner\n                                Versus\n    Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n    and another                                   ........Respondents\n\n\n\n\n\n    _______________________________________________________________CWP No.130 of 2021Leela Devi                                    .............Petitioner\n                                Versus\n    Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n\n\n\n\n\n    and another                                   ........Respondents\n    _______________________________________________________________CWP No.131 of 2021Karnail Singh                                 .............Petitioner\n                    r           Versus\n    Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n\n    and another                                   ........Respondents\n    _______________________________________________________________CWP No.132 of 2021Guman Singh                                   .............Petitioner\n\n\n                                Versus\n    Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n    and another                                   ........Respondents\n    _______________________________________________________________CWP No.133 of 2021Pratap Singh                                  .............Petitioner\n\n\n\n\n\n                                Versus\n\n    Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n    and another                                  ........Respondents\n\n\n\n\n\n    _______________________________________________________________CWP No.134 of 2021Gulab Singh                                   .............Petitioner\n                                Versus\n\n    Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n    and another                                  ........Respondents\n    _______________________________________________________________::: Downloaded on - 11/01/2021 20:15:11 :::HCHP3CWP No.135 of 2021Mohan Lal                                         .............Petitioner\n                                 Versus\n\n    Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n    and another                                  ........Respondents\n\n\n\n\n                                                              ._______________________________________________________________CWP No.136 of 2021Rajinder Singh                                .............Petitioner\n                                Versus\n    Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n\n\n\n\n\n    and another                                  ........Respondents\n    _______________________________________________________________CWP No.137 of 2021Mohan Lal                                     .............Petitioner\n                                Versus\n\n\n\n\n\n    Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n    and another                                  ........Respondents\n    _______________________________________________________________CWP No.138 of 2021Nand Lal\n                    r                             .............Petitioner\n                                Versus\n\n    Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n    and another                                  ........Respondents\n    _______________________________________________________________CWP No.187 of 2021Chander Dev                                       .............Petitioner\n                                Versus\n    Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n\n\n\n\n    and another                                  ........Respondents\n    _______________________________________________________________CWP No.188 of 2021Main Ram                                      .............Petitioner\n                                Versus\n\n\n\n\n\n    Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n    and another                                  ........Respondents\n    _______________________________________________________________CWP No.189 of 2021Joginder Singh                                .............Petitioner\n                                Versus\n\n    Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n    and another                                  ........Respondents\n    _______________________________________________________________::: Downloaded on - 11/01/2021 20:15:11 :::HCHP4CWP No.190 of 2021Kamlesh Kumar                                                      .............Petitioner\n                                                Versus\n\n       Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n       and another                                    ........Respondents\n\n\n\n\n                                                                                    ._______________________________________________________________CWP No.191 of 2021Surat Singh                                    .............Petitioner\n                                   Versus\n       Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n\n\n\n\n\n       and another                                    ........Respondents\n       _______________________________________________________________CWP No.192 of 2021Bir Singh                               .............Petitioner\n                                   Versus\n\n\n\n\n\n       Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n       and another                                    ........Respondents\n       _______________________________________________________________CWP No.195 of 2021Kishori Lal\n                             r                        .............Petitioner\n                                   Versus\n\n       Himachal Road Transport Corporation\n       and another                                    ........Respondents\n       _______________________________________________________________\n       Coram:Hon'ble Mr. Justice L. Narayana Swamy, Chief Justice.\n       Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ravi Malimath, Judge.Whether approved for reporting?1\n\n      For the petitioner(s)             :       Mr. Shivendra Singh, Advocate.For the respondents          Mr.   :Shyam     Singh    Chauhan,\n                                   Advocate.(Through video conferencing)\n    ________________________________________________________\n       L. Narayana Swamy, Chief Justice (Oral).Learned counsel for both the parties submit that the\n\n       case of the petitioner(s) is squarely covered by the judgment1Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.::: Downloaded on - 11/01/2021 20:15:11 :::HCHP5dated 02.11.2020, passed by this Court in CWP No.4471/2020,\n\n    titledGian    Chand    versus HRTC        and      others,      alongwith\n\n    connected matters, and pray that the instant writ petitions may\n\n\n\n\n                                                                 .be disposed of in terms of the aforesaid judgment.2.InGian Chand's case supra, this Court had passed\n\n    the following order:-"3. Ms. Shubh Mahajan, leaned Senior Counsel\n                representing the respondent-Corporation, submits that\n                out of total strength of 9691 employees, 6739 employees\n                have retired from service and monthly retiral benefits\n\n\n\n\n\n                have been paid to 6516 employees. It is further\n                submitted that the monthly pension of remaining 223\n                employees would be paid regularly from the end of this\n                month. In respect of retiral benefits, learned Senior\n                Counsel submits that it includes commutted pension,\n\n                DCRG, leave encashment and arrears.4. In the affidavit dated 29th October, 2020, it has been\n                stated that the Board of Directors of respondent-\n                Corporation have approved the creation of separate\n                Pension Account, directing to transfer 7% of the\n                passenger receipt on daily basis to the said account and\n\n\n                the decision of the Board of Directors was implemented\n                w.e.f. 06.03.2019.5. Though it is the duty of the respondent-Corporation to\n\n\n\n\n                pay retiral benefits immediately after superannuation,\n                but because of Corona pandemic the respondent-Corporation has not collected revenue since lock-down.\n                Virtually for more than six months regular income has\n                come down to a few lakhs in place of crores. For the said\n                reason, the respondent-Corporation find it difficult to\n\n\n\n\n\n                settle the retiral benefits.6. Learned Senior Counsel submits that: (i) in respect of\n                leave encashment and DCRG, principal amount of DCRG\n                upto October 2017 and principal amount of leave\n                encashment upto August 2016 stands paid. Post March\n                2021 whatever funds shall be collected, will be\n                disbursed in the order of retirement. However, in respect\n                of leave encashment and DCRG, whosoever approaches\n                the respondent-Corporation in exceptional circumstances\n                i.e. death cases, marriage of the children, education of::: Downloaded on - 11/01/2021 20:15:11 :::HCHP6the children, serious ailments and repayment of house\n                   loan, the same shall be considered as an exceptional\n                   case and disbursed at the earliest; (ii) in respect of 223\n                   retired employees, the commutted value would be paid\n                   within four months from today strictly in order of\n                   retirement; and (iii) it is further submitted by the learned\n\n\n\n\n                                                                     .Senior Counsel on instructions from the officers, who are\n                   present in Court, that the arrears on the entire delayed\n\n\n\n\n\n                   payment will be paid with statutory interest on the entire\n                   amount."3.           In view of the above, we deem it proper to dispose of\n\n    the present writ petitions with a direction to the respondents to\n\n\n\n\n\n    pay the entire retiral dues, along with statutory interest, to the\n\n    petitioner(s) on the entire amount on or before 30th April, 2021.4.              Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, shall\n\n\n    also stand disposed of.Copy 'Dasti'.(L. Narayana Swamy)\n                                                   Chief Justice\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                                 (Ravi Malimath)\n    January 07, 2021                                 Judge\n     (Yashwant/Himalvi)::: Downloaded on - 11/01/2021 20:15:11 :::HCHP