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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
CWP No.15124 of 2025 alongwith
connected matters
Decided on: 19thSeptember, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. CWP No.15124 of 2025 Sunil Kumar and Ors
…..Petitioners
Versus
State of H.P. and Anr
.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. CWP No.15160 of 2025 Roop Basant
…..Petitioner
Versus
State of H.P. and Anr
.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. CWP No.15194 of 2025 Payal Kumari
…..Petitioner
Versus
State of H.P. and others
.....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioners: Mr. Sourav Sharma and Mr. Rocky,
Advocates.
For the Respondents: Mr. L.N.Sharma, Additional Advocate General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes.
2 Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge
Notice. Mr. L.N.Sharma, learned Additional Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents.
2.
With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the matters are heard at this stage.
3.
Petitioners’ grievance is that their representations, annexed with the respective writ petitions, seeking applicability of Inder Singh Thakur & Ors Vs. State of H.P. & Ors2 have not been decided till date by the respondents/competent authority. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners would be content in case the respondents/competent authority(s) are directed to consider and decide the aforesaid representations in accordance with law within a fixed-time schedule. Learned Additional Advocate General is not averse to this prayer.
4.
Having regard to the afore-submissions, but without examining the merits of the matters, these writ petitions are disposed of with a direction to the respondents/competent authority to consider and decide the aforesaid representations of the petitioners in accordance with law as well as taking into consideration
2 CWP No. 4830 of 2023, decided alongwith connected matter on 07.04.2025.
3 the above judgment in the case of Inder Singh Thakur2 within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioners.
The writ petitions stand disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any.
Jyotsna Rewal Dua September 19, 2025
Judge R.Atal