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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
Execution Petition No. 1850 of 2025 Date of Decision: 24.09.2025 _______________________________________________________ Lokesh Kumar
…….Petitioner
Versus
State of Himachal Pradesh & others … Respondents ______________________________________________________
Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? 1
For the Petitioners : Mr. Bonit Thakur, Advocate.
For the Respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. Rajan Kahol, Mr. Vishal Panwar and Mr. B.C.Verma, Additional Advocate Generals and Mr. Ravi Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General. _______________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, Judge(oral):
By way of instant Execution Petition, prayer has been made on behalf of the petitioner for issuance of directions to the respondents to implement/ execute the order/judgment dated 21.06.2025 passed by this Court in CWP No. 9965 of 2025, titled as Lokesh Kumar vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others.
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Careful perusal of aforesaid order/judgment, sought to be executed in the instant proceedings, reveals that this Court, while disposing of the petition, directed respondent No.2 to consider and decide the pending application of the petitioner for compassionate appointment, who has already lost his parents, within a period of six weeks, taking note of policy in vogue at the time of death of late
1Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?
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mother of the petitioner. Since, despite there being specific direction to do the needful, as taken note hereinabove, respondents have failed to do so, petitioner has approached this Court in the instant proceedings.
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Mr. Vishal Panwar, learned Additional Advocate General, while accepting notice on behalf of the respondents, states that though he has every reason to believe and presume that by now aforesaid judgment/ order must have been complied with, but if not, same would be complied with within a period of two weeks from today.
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Consequently, in view of the fair statement made by learned Additional Advocate General, this Court sees no reason to keep the present petition alive and as such, same is accordingly
disposed of with the direction to the respondents to do the needful in terms of order/judgment dated 21.06.2025 passed by this Court, positively within a period of two weeks, if not already done, failing which, petitioner would be at liberty to get the present proceedings revived, so that appropriate action, in accordance with law, is taken towards implementation of the judgment/ order, sought to be executed in the instant proceedings.
(Sandeep Sharma),
Judge September 24,2025 (shankar)