IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA COPC No.1152 of 2025 Date of Decision: 06.11.2025 _______________________________________________________ Namrata Thakur & another …….Petitioners Versus Devesh Kumar & another … Respondents Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? 1 For the Petitioners: Mr. Dixit Sahotra, Advocate. For the Respondent: Mr. Rajan Kahol, Additional Advocate General with Mr. Ravi Chauhan and Mr. Anish Banshtu, Deputy Advocate Generals. ___________________________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, Judge(oral): By way of instant contempt petition, prayer has been made on behalf of the petitioners for initiation of contempt proceedings against the respondents for their having intentionally and deliberately disobeyed the mandate contained in judgment/order dated 06.06.2025 passed by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in CWP No. 10622 of 2023 titled Namrata Thakur & another vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and another. 2. Careful perusal of aforesaid order/judgment, alleged to have been violated, reveals that Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, while disposing of the petition, directed the respondents to consider and decide the case of the petitioners in light of judgment dated 22.08.2022 passed in CWPOA No.1077 of 2019, titled Nitin Kumar 1Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and another, within a period of six weeks. Since, despite there being specific direction to do the needful, as taken note hereinabove, respondents failed to do the needful, petitioners have approached this Court in the instant proceedings. 3. Mr. Rajan Kahol, learned Additional Advocate General representing the respondents states that though he has every reason to believe and presume that by now aforesaid judgment/ order alleged to have been violated, must have been complied with, but if not, same would be complied with within a period of three weeks. 4. Consequently, in view of the fair statement made by learned Additional Advocate General, this Court sees no reason to keep the present proceedings alive and accordingly, same are closed with the direction to the respondents to do the needful in terms of judgment/order dated 06.06.2025, positively within a period of three weeks, if not already done, failing which, they would further aggravate the contempt. Petitioners are at liberty to get the present proceedings revived in case aforesaid judgment is not complied with, so that appropriate action, in accordance with law, is taken against the erring officials. Notices issued to the respondents are hereby discharged accordingly. (Sandeep Sharma), Judge November 06, 2025 (shankar)