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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.10833 of 2025 Date of Decision: 07.07.2025 __________________________________________________________ Balram and Others …….Petitioners Versus State of H.P. and Another
….Respondents __________________________________________________________ Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? 1 For the Petitioners: Ms. Seema K. Guleria, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Rajan Kahol and Mr. B.C. Verma, Additional Advocates General and Mr. Ravi Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General, for State. __________________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, Judge (oral): Petitioners herein, who at present are working as Laboratory Attendant at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Chandi, District Solan; Government Senior Secondary School, Bawasi, District Solan, and Government Senior Secondary School, Dhayla, District Solan, respectively, have approached this Court in the instant proceedings, seeking directions to respondents to consider and decide their pending representations, whereby they have prayed for mutual transfer, but since no action has been taken qua the same for quite long, petitioners herein are compelled to approach this Court in the instant proceedings.
2. Having regard to the nature of prayer and order proposed to be passed, this Court sees no sees no necessity to call for reply on 1Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?
2 behalf of respondents, who are otherwise represented by Mr. Ravi Chauhan, learned Deputy Advocate General. Mr. Chauhan states that though he has every reason to presume and believe that representation, if any, filed by the petitioner, may have been decided, but if not, same shall be decided expeditiously.
3. 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, reserving liberty to the petitioners to file fresh representation, within a period of one week, praying therein for mutual transfers, at the stations decided inter se them, which in-turn shall be decided by the competent authority, expeditiously, preferably, within a period of three weeks. Ordered accordingly. Needless to say, authority concerned while doing the needful in terms of instant order, shall afford opportunity of being heard to the petitioners and pass appropriate orders. The present petition is disposed in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. (Sandeep Sharma), Judge July 07, 2025 (Rajeev Raturi)