IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWPIL No.142 of 2025 Decided on : 09.03.2026 Om Prakash ...Petitioner Versus State of HP and Others …Respondents. Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bipin Chander Negi, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner : Mr. Atul Jhingan, Advocate. For the respondent(s) : Ms. Priyanka Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General, for the respondents/State. Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge (Oral) By way of the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following substantive reliefs:- (a) Writ, order or direction in nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction may be issued to the respondents No. 1 to No. 3 to take appropriate action against the respondent No. 4 under the provisions of Sec 163 of the HP Land Revenue Act on the basis of the complaints filed by the petitioner. (b) In case the respondent No.4 is found to have encroached upon Government land, he may be ejected from the said land and the respondents No. 1 to 3 may be directed to recover illegal use and occupation charges from the respondent No.4 apart from imposition of fine/penalty in accordance with law. 2. In the light of fact that the prayer of the petitioner in the present petition is only for issuance of direction to the respondents to consider the representation/complaint which has been filed by the 1Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the Judgment? Yes -2- petitioner, as agreed, this petition is disposed of without any observation on the merits of the case, with the direction that the representation filed by the petitioner be dealt with by the authority, i.e., respondent No. 2, in accordance with law, by adhering to the principles of natural justice. Needful be done within a period of three months from today. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, also stand disposed of. (Ajay Mohan Goel) Judge (Bipin Chander Negi) Judge 9th March, 2026 (Tarun)