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1Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes
IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.13336 of 2025
Date of decision: 20.08.2025 Virender Singh & Ors.
...Petitioners. Versus State of H.P. & Anr.
...Respondents.
Coram: Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge.
Whether approved for reporting? For the petitioners : Mr. Arun K. Sharma, Advocate.
For the respondents : Mr. Y.P.S. Dhaulta, Additional Advocate General.
Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. Y.P.S. Dhaulta, Additional Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties matter is heard at this stage.
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This writ petition has been filed for the grant of following substantive reliefs:-
“I). That the appropriate directions, orders or writ may kindly be issued in favour of the petitioners by condoning the short delay in their joining as the same is procedural lapse only and the Annexure P-6 may kindly be quashed and set aside and the respondents may kindly be
directed to regularised them as in case of Annexure P-5. (II) That the respondents may kindly be directed to make the fresh list of regularised persons by inducting all the petitioners in the list of regularised supervisors as per Annexure P-5.
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(III) That the respondents may kindly be directed to give all the consequential and notional benefits to the petitioners as given to those who were regularised on 02.05.2019 as the regularization of the petitioners in month of October 2019 is biased and malicious and it affects the legitimate expectations of the petitioners in future also.”
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Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the case of the petitioners and the relief prayed for by them has already been considered & adjudicated upon in Sapna Kumari & Ors. vs. State of H.P. & Anr.1. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioners would be satisfied in case they be permitted to prefer representation to respondents/Competent Authority within a period of two weeks and thereafter, the competent authority be directed to decide the said representation within a time-bound schedule. Learned Additional Advocate General is not averse to this prayer.
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Having regard to the afore-submissions, but without examining the merits of the matter, this writ petition is disposed of by permitting the petitioners to file representation to respondents/competent authority within a period of two weeks from today. In case such a representation is received by respondents/competent
1CWP No.2602 of 2023 decided on 22.07.2025.
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authority within the aforesaid period, the same shall be considered and decided in accordance with law as well as taking into consideration the above judgment in the case of Sapna Kumari1 within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioners.
The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any.
Jyotsna Rewal Dua 20th August, 2025
Judge (Pardeep)