Shimla, Sept. 9 -- In the wake of the strong resentment from the employees, the state government has placed a recently issued pay revision notification in abeyance two days after it was issued. The move comes in the backdrop of growing resentment among government employees who claimed the new rules would lead to a significant pay cut. "The Finance Department's notification will be revoked, and the government will consider implementing it for new recruitments," said chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu after meeting delegations from the Non-Gazetted Employees Federation and the Secretariat Employees Federation apprising him of the financial loss the notification would cause employees. Following the directions of the CM, the notification to remove Rule 7A from the Himachal Pradesh Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2022 issued on September 6,2025 shall be held in abeyance. The CM said, "The welfare of employees was a top priority for the State Government. Therefore, issuing such orders was not justified". He stressed that while making amendments in rules and regulations, humanitarian concerns must always be kept in mind....