2025:HHC:21507 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 10696 of 2025 Decided on: 07.07.2025 Sh. Satish Kumar … Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others … Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 _____________________________________________________ For the petitioner : Mr. A.K. Gupta, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Pushpender Jaswal, Addl. AG for respondent-State. : Mr. Rajat Kumar, Advocate vice Mr. Ramesh Chand Sharma, Advocate for respondent No. 4. Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge (Oral) Notice confined to respondents No. 1, 2 and 4. Mr. Pushpender Jaswal, learned Additional Advocate General and Mr. Rajat Kumar, learned Counsel, accept notice on behalf of respondents No. 1 and 2 & respondent No. 4, respectively. 2. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties, this writ petition is being disposed of at this stage itself. The grievance of the petitioner is that the demand notice raised by him is not being dealt with diligently by the concerned officer. 3. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of with the 1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 2025:HHC:21507 direction that let the demand notice that has been raised by the petitioner, i.e. Annexure P-1, dated 12.04.2025, be taken to its logical conclusion by the Authorities as envisaged in the Statute itself and disposal thereof be not unnecessarily delayed. Let needful by the authority be done on or before 31.08.2025. It is clarified that this Court has not made any observation as far as merit of the issue is concerned. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, also stand disposed of. (Ajay Mohan Goel) Judge July 07, 2025 (narender)