IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Civil Writ Petition No.11311 of 2025 Date of Decision: 18.07.2025 _____________________________________________________________________ Smt. Meena Kumari ……...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and Others …....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the Petitioner: Mr. R.L. Verma and Mr. D. Bhatt, Advocates. For the Respondents: Mr. Rajan Kahol and Mr. B.C. Verma, Additional Advocates General, for State. Mr. Tek Ram Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.5. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral) Parties are ad idem that issue sought to be decided in the instant proceedings is no more res integra, rather stands duly adjudicated by the Coordinate Bench of this Court in CWP No.7142 of 2025, titled Ayodhya Dass Vs. State of H.P. and Others, decided on 02.05.2025. 2. Vide order dated 16.07.2025, this Court had directed learned Additional Advocate General to go through the judgment passed by Coordinate Bench of this Court in Ayodhya Dass (supra), who, after having carefully perused the judgment, has fairly admitted application of the same in the case at hand. 3. Having perused the averments contained in the petition, especially relief clause, vis-à-vis judgment passed by Coordinate 2 Bench of this Court in Ayodhya Dass case (supra), this Court finds that case of the petitioner is identical to the aforesaid case decided by this Court. Vide aforesaid judgment, this Court has already dealt with all the points raised in the instant petition and as such, respondents can be directed to decide the case of the petitioner in light of the aforesaid judgment rendered by this Court. 4. Consequently, In view of the above, the directions contained in the aforesaid judgment rendered by Coordinate Bench of this Court in Ayodhya Dass case (supra) are ordered to be made mutatis mutandis applicable in the present case for all intents and purposes. In the aforesaid terms, present petition is disposed of along with pending application(s), if any. July 18, 2025 (Sandeep Sharma), Rajeev Raturi Judge