IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.10052 of 2025 Decided on: 27th June, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jagdish Kumar Sharma …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner: Mr. Parkash Sharma, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Y.P.S. Dhaulta, Additional Advocate General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. Y.P.S. Dhaulta, learned Additional Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the matter is heard at this stage. 3. Petitioner’s grievance is to the office order dated 24.10.2024 (Annexure P-5), whereby his case regarding applicability of decision rendered in Ranjit Singh & Ors Vs. State of H.P. and Ors.2, was rejected by the respondents. 1Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. 2 CWP No.2500 of 2021, decided on 07.07.2023 2 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the reasoning given in the aforesaid office order has been turned down in Surya Prabha and Ors Vs. State of H.P. and Ors.3. Learned counsel further submits that petitioner would be satisfied in case the respondents are directed to reconsider his case for grant of reliefs prayed for by him in light of the decisions rendered in Ranjit Singh2 and Surya Prabha3. Learned Additional Advocate General has no objection to this prayer. 5. In view of above decisions rendered in Ranjit Singh2 and Surya Prabha3, the impugned office order dated 24.10.2024 (Annexure P-5) is quashed and set aside. The respondents are directed to reconsider the case of the petitioner for grant of reliefs prayed for by him in accordance with law as well as in light of the aforesaid decisions and pass appropriate order within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at, be also communicated to the petitioner. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua June 27, 2025 Judge Mukesh 3 CWP No.5390 of 2024, decided on 28.05.2025.