IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA COPC No.1562 of 2025 Decided on: 25.03.2026 _________________________________________________________________ Anita Thakur ....Petitioner Versus Rakesh Kumar and Ors. …Respondents _________________________________________________________________ Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua 1 Whether approved for reporting? _________________________________________________________________ For the petitioner: Mr. Vishal Verma, Advocate. For the respondent: Ms. Seema Sharma, Deputy Advocate General. Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Pursuant to the orders passed in this petition from time to time, learned Deputy Advocate General has placed on record office instructions dated 23.03.2026 from the Director of School Education, Himachal Pradesh, conveying issuance of fresh office order dated 23.03.2026, granting benefit of promotion to the petitioner as Headmaster on actual basis w.e.f. 28.08.2025 instead of 20.02.2026. 2. Taking note of above, present contempt proceedings are closed. Notices issued to the respondents are 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes - 2 - discharged. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also stand disposed of. Jyotsna Rewal Dua Judge March 25, 2026 R.Atal