COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION v. THE STATE OF HP AND OTHERS
CWPIL/64/2025 · 2025-08-29
Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia, Ranjan Sharma
Public Interest Litigationbody2025
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( 2025:HHC:29409 )
IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA
CWPIL No. 64 of 2025 Decided on: 29th August, 2025 ______________________________________________________ Court on its own motion
....Petitioner
Versus
State of H.P and others …Respondents ______________________________________________________ Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice G.S. Sandhawalia, Chief Justice Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ranjan Sharma, Judge
Whether approved for reporting? 1
For the Petitioner: Court on its own motion.
For the Respondents: Mr. Pranay Pratap Singh, Additional Advocate General.
G.S. Sandhawalia, Chief Justice (Oral)
The present Public Interest Litigation was initiated on account of the fact that there was a news item carried in ‘The Times of India’ dated 23.07.2025 regarding lack of teachers in Government Senior Secondary School, Laamu, District Chamba, H.P., and the girl students as such were protesting against lack of teachers.
2.
The communication dated 28.08.2025 now placed on record would go on to show that two lecturers in English and Hindi have been posted in the Senior Secondary School, Laamu, District Chamba, H.P., vide promotion orders dated 21.08.2025. The
1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment?
2 enrolment is stated to be of total eight students in 10+1 and 10+2. There are vacancies of Principal, Lecturer (Computer Science) and Lecturer (Hindi) in 10+1 and 10+2 Classes and of Physical Education Teacher and Drawing Master in 6th to 10th class.
3.
Keeping in view the proactive steps as such taken and the undertaking given that the vacant posts shall be filled up on priority basis and the fact that the further information could not be gathered due to disruption of the roads connected to the School, we close this PIL on account of proactive steps being taken and assurance given by the State.
4.
Accordingly, the present CWPIL is closed.
( G.S. Sandhawalia )
Chief Justice
29th August, 2025
( Ranjan Sharma ) (priti)
Judge