2025:HHC:27818 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No. 3103 of 2020 Decided on : 18.08.2025 Dhanwant Kumar. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner : Ms. Ranjana Pathania, Advocate, vice Ms. Archana Dutt, Advocate. Petitioner is stated to be dead. For the respondents : Mr. Pushpinder Jaswal, Additional Advocate General. Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge (Oral) When this matter was listed on 15.07.2025, the following order was passed:- “Ms. Ranjana Pathania, Advocate, informs the Court that the cause title has become defective as the petitioner has died. She submits that the case be taken up after three weeks so that an appropriate application can be filed for the substitution of the legal representatives of the deceased as petitioner. Ordered accordingly. List after three weeks.” 1Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 2025:HHC:27818 2. As the legal representatives of the deceased petitioner have not approached this Court for their being impleaded as party, the petition is dismissed as abated. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also stand disposed of accordingly. (Ajay Mohan Goel) Judge August 18, 2025 (Shivank Thakur)