( 2025:HHC:29213 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP No.13898 of 2025 Decided on: 29th August, 2025 Ravinder and another .......Petitioners versus State of H.P and others ...Respondents Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Satyen Vaidya, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioners: Mr. Gurmeet Bhardwaj, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, A.G with Mr. Sikander Bhushan, Dy. A.G. Satyen Vaidya, Judge (Oral) Notice. Mr. Sikander Bhushan, learned Deputy Advocate General appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the issue arising in the instant petition has already been settled by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide judgment dated 01.11.2023 passed in CWPOA No.5536 of 2020 titled as Sanjay Kumar vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others along-with connected matters. He submits that the petitioners have already made a representation Annexure P-2 (Colly.) to the competent authority and they will be satisfied, 1 Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes. ( 2025:HHC:29213 ) 2 at this stage, in case the competent authority i.e. respondent No.3 is directed to decide the representation of the petitioner in a time bound manner, in terms of judgment in Sanjay Kumar (supra). 3. The prayer being innocuous is allowed. Respondent No.3 is directed to consider and decide the representation of the petitioners Annexure P-2 within a period of eight weeks from today by passing a detailed and reasoned order, strictly in terms of judgment passed by a Co-ordinate Bench in CWPOA No.5536 of 2020 titled as Sanjay Kumar vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others. Needless to say, in case the petitioners are found similarly situated to the petitioner in CWPOA No.5536 of 2020, they shall be given all the benefits as have been granted to the petitioner in CWPOA No.5536 of 2020 within a further period of four weeks. 4. The petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms, so also the pending applications, if any. August 29, 2025 ( Satyen Vaidya ) (naveen) Judge