IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Civil Writ Petition No.14661 of 2025 Date of Decision: 10.09.2025 _____________________________________________________________________ Smt. Indu Devi ……...Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and Others …....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? ________________________________________________________________________ For the Petitioner: Mr. Anshuman Thakur, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General, with Mr. Rajan Kahol, Mr. Vishal Panwar and Mr. B.C. Verma, Additional Advocates General, with Mr. Ravi Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General, for State. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral) Learned counsel for the parties are ad idem that case of the petitioner is squarely covered by the judgment dated 30.07.2025, passed by this Court in CWP No.10589 of 2025, titled as Archana Sharma Vs. State of H.P. and Others, along with connected matters. In the case at hand, petitioner has prayed for maternity leave on account of her having delivered third child i.e. first born after joining of service. 2. Having perused the averments contained in the petition, especially relief clause, vis-à-vis judgment passed by this Court in Archana Sharma case (supra), this Court finds that case of the 2 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. 3. Consequently, in view of the above, impugned order dated 27.08.2025 is quashed and set aside and the directions contained in the aforesaid judgment rendered by this Court in Archana Sharma 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. September 10, 2025 (Sandeep Sharma), Rajeev Raturi Judge