IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.6582 of 2025 Decided on: 7th January, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Rajender Sharma …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner: Mr. Yudhbir Singh Thakur and Ms. Oshin Anand Chauhan, Advocates. For the Respondents: Mr. Rajat Choudhry, Assistant Advocate General, for respondents No.1 and 2. Mr. R.P. Singh, Advocate, for respondents No.3 and 4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Even though respondents No.1 and 2 have not filed reply, however, with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the matter is heard at this stage. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed on record a copy of judgment passed by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Anil Kumar Kohli Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others2 to assert that the issue, as raised by the petitioner in the instant petition, stands 1Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. 2 CWPOA No.83 of 2020, decided on 28.03.2024 2 decided vide aforesaid judgment. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner will be satisfied in case the instant petition is disposed of in terms of the aforesaid judgment. 3. The factual position is not denied. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of in terms of the directions issued in Anil Kumar Kohli2. For all intents and purposes, the reasons assigned in aforesaid judgment and directions issued therein shall apply mutatis mutandis in the instant case, also with one clarification that the petitioner shall be entitled to interest at the rate of 6% per annum, in case the respondents fail to pay the due and admissible amount as per aforesaid judgment within three months from the date of passing of this order. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua January 07, 2026 Judge Mukesh