IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 13234 of 2025 Date of decision : 25.8.2025. Ram Gopal & others ...Petitioners. Versus State of H.P. & others ...Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Satyen Vaidya, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioners : Mr. Kul Bhushan Khajuria, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Hemant K. Verma, DAG. Satyen Vaidya, Judge (Oral): Notice. Mr. Hemant Kumar Verma, Deputy Advocate General, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the case of the petitioners is squarely covered by a judgment passed the Division Bench of this Court in CWPOA No. 5536 of 2020, titled as, Sanjay Kumar vs. State of H.P. & others, decided on 1.11.2023 along with connected matters. He further submits that the petitioners have already submitted representation to the competent authority and copy of which has been placed on record as Annexure P-2. It is further 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? -2- submitted that the petitioners shall be satisfied at this stage in case respondents No. 2 and 3 are directed to consider and decide the representation Annexure P-2 of the petitioners in a time bound manner in light of the judgment in Sanjay Kumar (supra). 3. The prayer being innocuous is not opposed. 4. Accordingly, the petition is disposed of with directions to respondents No. 2 and 3 to consider and decide the case of the petitioners within a period of eight weeks, in light of judgment passed by the Division Bench of this Court in CWPOA No. 5536 of 2020, titled as, Sanjay Kumar vs. State of H.P. & others, decided on 1.11.2023 along with connected matters. Needless to say that in case the petitioners are found similarly situated, as the petitioner in CWPOA No. 5536 of 2020, they shall also be granted the benefits as have been granted to the petitioner in CWPOA No. 5536 of 2020. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, also stand disposed of. (Satyen Vaidya) 25th August, 2024 Judge (kck)