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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
CWP No.8751 of 2025 Date of Decision:26.05.2025 _______________________________________________________ Poonam Kumari
…….Petitioner
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State of Himachal Pradesh & others … Respondents _______________________________________________________
Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? 1
For the Petitioner: Mr. Abhishek Kaistha, Advocate.
For the Respondents: Mr. Rajan Kahol and Mr. B.C.Verma, Additional Advocate Generals and Mr. Ravi Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General. ____________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, Judge(oral):
Petitioner herein, who at present is working as JBT in GCPS Skori, Block Kandaghat, District Solan, Himachal Pradesh, has approached this Court in the instant proceedings, seeking therein direction to the respondents to consider and decide her pending representation dated 09.05.2025 (Annexure P-6), whereby she has prayed for inter District transfer under 5% quota on account of her having completed five years service in District Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
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Having regard to the nature of the prayer and order proposed to be passed, this Court sees no necessity to call for reply on behalf of the respondents, who are otherwise represented by Mr.
1Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?
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Rajan Kahol, learned Additional Advocate General. Learned Additional Advocate General states that representation, as detailed hereinabove, if not already decided, shall be decided expeditiously.
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Consequently, in view of the above, this Court without going into the merits of the case, deems it fit to dispose of the present petition with a direction to the competent authority to consider and decide the pending representation dated 09.05.2025 (Annexure P-6) of the petitioner expeditiously, preferably within a period of four weeks. Ordered accordingly. Needless to say, authority concerned, while doing the needful in terms of instant order, shall afford an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and pass appropriate order, taking note of transfer policy framed by the Government of Himachal Pradesh. Liberty is reserved to the petitioner to file appropriate proceedings in appropriate court of law, if she still remains aggrieved. Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of.
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(Sandeep Sharma),
Judge May 26,2025 (shankar)