IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.488 of 2023 Decided on: 26.02.2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raja Ram and Ors …..Petitioners Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioners: Mr. Surinder K Saklani, Advocate. . For the Respondents: Mr. Y.P.S.Dhaulta, Additional Advocate General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge This writ petition has been filed for the grant of following substantive reliefs:- “I. That a writ in the nature of certiorari may very kindly be issued and impugned Show Cause Notice dated 27.9.2022 (Annexure P-1) and dated 19.11.2022 (Annexure P-2) may very kindly be quashed and set aside. (II) That the respondents may be directed to allow the petitioners to continue running Fair Price Shops allotted to them in their respective areas by issuing a writ in the nature of mandamus. (III) That clause 3(2)(b) of Specified Essential Commodities (Regulation of Distribution) Order 2019 be declared ultra vires and be struck down..” 1 Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. 2 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the case of the petitioners and the reliefs prayed for by them have already been adjudicated upon in Hira Devi Versus State of H.P. & Ors.2. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioners would be content in case the respondents are directed to examine their case in light of the aforesaid judgment within a fixed time schedule. Learned Additional Advocate General is not averse to this prayer. 3. Having regard to the afore-submissions, but without examining the merits of the matter, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.3/ competent authority to consider and decide the case of the petitioners in accordance with law as well as taking into consideration the above judgment in the case of Hira Devi2, within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioners. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also to stand disposed of. Jyotsna Rewal Dua February 26, 2026 Judge R.Atal 2 CWP No.8144 of 2022 decided on 20.03.2024