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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.13685 of 2024 with CWP Nos.13918, 13687, 13922, 13945, 13960 of 2024 and CWP No. 3935 of 2025
Date of Decision: 17.11.2025 _____________________________________________________________________
1. CWP No.13685 of 2024
Sachin and Anr. ……...Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors.
…....Respondents
2. CWP No.13687 of 2024
Ranjana Sharma ……...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors.
…....Respondents
3. CWP No.13918 of 2024
Ashok Kumar ……...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors.
…....Respondents
4. CWP No.13922 of 2024
Keshav Thakur ……...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors.
…....Respondents
5. CWP No.13945 of 2024
Vijay Kumar and Ors. ……...Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors.
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…....Respondents
6. CWP No.13960 of 2024
Nisha Kumari Bhardwaj ……...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors.
…....Respondents
7. CWP No.3935 of 2025
Geeta Ram ……...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors.
…....Respondents
Coram
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?
For the Petitioner: Mr. Umesh Kanwar, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. Rajan Kahol and Mr. Vishal Panwar, Additional Advocates General and Mr. Anish Banshtu, Deputy Advocate General.
Ms. Tim Saran, Advocate, for respondent No.3 in CWP No. 13918 of 2024.
Mr. Manohar Lal Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.3 in CWP Nos. 13685&13960 of 2024 and 3935 of 2025. ___________________________________________________________________________
Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)
Learned counsel for the petitioner(s), on instructions of his clients, fairly states that petitioner(s) would be content and satisfied in case directions are issued to the respondents to consider them for appointment in the event of their again hiring persons on outsource basis, against which posts petitioner(s) had been rendering their services prior to their disengagement.
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Learned counsel for the respondents are not averse to the aforesaid innocuous prayer made by the petitioner(s).
3.
In view of the above, interim orders dated 4.12.2024 and 21.3.2025 are made absolute. Instant order would also apply to those writ petitions, in which interim orders have not been passed. In the aforesaid terms, present petitions are disposed of alongwith pending applications, if any.
November 11, 2025
(Sandeep Sharma), (manjit)
Judge