IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP Nos. 16137 to 16144, 16147, 16257, 16259, 16263, 16266, 16269, 16271, 16496, 16505, 16516, 16517, 16522 to 16542, 16544 to 16549, 16551, 16552, 16621 to 16635 and 16507 of 2024 Decided on : 10.01.2025 1. CWP No. 16137 of 2024 Smt. Santosh Kumari and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 2. CWP No. 16138 of 2024 Smt. Sangeeta Devi and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 3. CWP No. 16139 of 2024 Sh. Inder Dev. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 2 4. CWP No. 16140 of 2024 Smt. Kiran Bala. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 5. CWP No. 16141 of 2024 Sh. Anil Kumar and another. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 6. CWP No. 16142 of 2024 Sh. Yash Pal and another. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 7. CWP No. 16143 of 2024 Smt. Ankita and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 3 8. CWP No. 16144 of 2024 Smt. Bandna and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 9. CWP No. 16147 of 2024 Smt. Seema Devi and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 10. CWP No. 16257 of 2024 Sh. Kamal Jeet and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 11. CWP No. 16259 of 2024 Sh. Deepak Thakur. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 4 12. CWP No. 16263 of 2024 Sh. Vinod Kumar. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 13. CWP No. 16266 of 2024 Smt. Simsa Devi. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 14. CWP No. 16269 of 2024 Smt. Kavita Kumari and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 15. CWP No. 16271 of 2024 Sh. Prakash Chand. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 5 16. CWP No. 16496 of 2024 Smt. Gurmeet Kaur. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 17. CWP No. 16506 of 2024 Smt. Sharda Devi. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 18. CWP No. 16516 of 2024 Smt. Neeta Dhawan and another. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 19. CWP No. 16517 of 2024 Sh. Hari Singh and another. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 6 20. CWP No. 16522 of 2024 Smt. Kiran Lata. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 21. CWP No. 16523 of 2024 Smt. Kalpna Yadav. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 22. CWP No. 16524 of 2024 Smt. Pooja Kalate. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 23. CWP No. 16525 of 2024 Sh. Rajinder Kumar. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 7 24. CWP No. 16526 of 2024 Sh. Suresh Kumar. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 25. CWP No. 16527 of 2024 Sh. Krishan Chand. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 26. CWP No. 16528 of 2024 Sh. Desh Raj and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 27. CWP No. 16529 of 2024 Sh. Praveen Kumar and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 8 28. CWP No. 16530 of 2024 Smt. Renu Kumari and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 29. CWP No. 16531 of 2024 Smt. Nidhi Gupta and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 30. CWP No. 16532 of 2024 Smt. Rekha Devi. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 31. CWP No. 16533 of 2024 Sh. Sunder Singh and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 9 32. CWP No. 16534 of 2024 Smt. Ranjana Sharma and another. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 33. CWP No. 16535 of 2024 Sh. Avnender Kumar. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 34. CWP No. 16536 of 2024 Sh. Ajit Kumar and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 35. CWP No. 16537 of 2024 Sh. Roop Lal. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 10 36. CWP No. 16538 of 2024 Smt. Anita Kumari. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 37. CWP No. 16539 of 2024 Smt. Shikha Devi. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 38. CWP No. 16540 of 2024 Sh. Jai Prakash and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 39. CWP No. 16541 of 2024 Sh. Baldev Singh. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 11 40. CWP No. 16542 of 2024 Sh. Satish Kumar. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 41. CWP No. 16544 of 2024 Sh. Surya Parkash and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 42. CWP No. 16545 of 2024 Sh. Satish Kumar. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 43. CWP No. 16546 of 2024 Sh. Bhupinder Singh. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 12 44. CWP No. 16547 of 2024 Smt. Deepika Sharma. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 45. CWP No. 16548 of 2024 Smt. Shailja Malkotia. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 46. CWP No. 16549 of 2024 Smt. Santosh Kumari. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 47. CWP No. 16551 of 2024 Smt. Reena Kumari and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 13 48. CWP No. 16552 of 2024 Sh. Sanjeev Kumar and another. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 49. CWP No. 16621 of 2024 Smt. Rekha Kumari. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 50. CWP No. 16622 of 2024 Smt. Anu Kumari. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 51. CWP No. 16623 of 2024 Sh. Dheeraj Sharma and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 14 52. CWP No. 16624 of 2024 Smt. Neeraj Kalia. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 53. CWP No. 16625 of 2024 Priyanka Chandel and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 54. CWP No. 16626 of 2024 Sh. Virender Kumar. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 55. CWP No. 16627 of 2024 Smt. Renuka and another. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 15 56. CWP No. 16628 of 2024 Sh. Anuj Kumar and another. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 57. CWP No. 16629 of 2024 Smt. Sarita Kumari and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 58. CWP No. 16630 of 2024 Smt. Divya. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 59. CWP No. 16631 of 2024 Sh. Deepak Katoch. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 16 60. CWP No. 16632 of 2024 Smt. Neena Kumari. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 61. CWP No. 16633 of 2024 Sh. Kapil Dev. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents 62. CWP No. 16634 of 2024 Sh. Chuni Lal and others. …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 63. CWP No. 16635 of 2024 Sh. Sunil Kumar. …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents 17 Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioners : Mr. Vaibhav Tanwar, Advocate, in all the petitions. For the respondents : Mr. Pushpinder Jaswal, Additional Advocate General, in all the petitions. Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge (Oral) Issue notice. Mr. Pushpinder Jaswal, learned Additional Advocate General, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. On the request of learned counsel for the petitioners, without making any observation on the merits of the case, these petitions are disposed of with the direction that let the representations, filed by the petitioners, be decided by the Competent Authority, in the light of the averments made therein, within a period of six weeks’ from today, in accordance with law. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, also stand disposed of accordingly. (Ajay Mohan Goel) Judge January 10, 2025 (Shivank Thakur) 1Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?