Suman Sood vs. State of H.P. & Ors. CWP No. 71 OF 2022. 13.08.2026 Present: Mr. Rakesh Thakur, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Pushpinder Jaswal, Additional Advocate General, for respondents- State. CMP No. 25658 of 2025. By way of this application, a prayer has been made for amendment in the writ petition. Learned Counsel for the petitioner has taken this Court through the averments made in the writ petition and submitted that as there are certain typographical mistakes and certain wrong dates have been mentioned in the petition, the intent of carrying out necessary amendment in the petition is to portray the correct facts in it. He submits that the proposed amendments are germane to the issues raised in the writ petition and they do not change the nature of the writ petition or the reliefs prayed for in the writ petition. He further submits that in case the necessary amendments are allowed to be made in writ petition, it will assist this court in adjudication of the case and no prejudice shall be caused to any of the party. Learned Additional Advocate General has submitted that the prayer for amendment is not sustainable because the petitioner intends to 1ll up the lacunas in the case and that is not the intent of Order 6 Rule 17 of the CPC. He submits that the petitioner should have been careful while drafting the writ petition and now the shortcomings cannot be corrected by way of moving an application seeking amendment of the petition. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and having perused the application 1led seeking amendment of the writ petition, this Court is of the considered view that in the facts and circumstances enumerated in the application, it would be in the interest of justice, in case, the proposed amendments are allowed. The amendments which are being sought by the petitioner are related to the issues raised in the writ petition. They do not change the nature of the case as was initially 1led by the petitioner and as the proposed amendments do not alter the cause which has been propagated in the main writ petition, obviously no prejudice would be caused to the respondents in case the proposed amendments are allowed. Accordingly, this application is allowed. The petitioner is allowed to amend the writ petition in terms of the proposed amendments mentioned in the application. Application stands disposed of. CWP No. 71 of 2022. Amended writ petition is ordered to be taken on record. The annexures appended with the main writ petition are ordered to be transposed with the amended writ petition. Reply to the amended writ petition, if any, be 1led within four weeks. List thereafter. (Ajay Mohan Goel) Judge 13th August, 2026. (Jai)