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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH,
SHIMLA
CWP No. 18514/2025
Decided on: 03.12.2025
Layak Ram
…Petitioner
Versus
State of H.P. & Ors.
.…Respondents. ………………………………………………………………………………. Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1
For the petitioner:
Mr. Bonit Parkash, Advocate.
For the respondents: Mr. Rajat Choudhary, Assistant
Advocate General.
Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J
Petitioner feels aggrieved against the rejection of his case for employment on compassionate ground.
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After arguing for some time, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that necessary pleadings and documents in support of the prayers made in the writ petition have not been incorporated and appended. Learned counsel, therefore, seeks permission to withdraw the present petition with liberty to file afresh, in accordance with law.
1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? yes
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Granting such permission, the instant petition is disposed of as withdrawn. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall also stand disposed of.
Jyotsna Rewal Dua
Judge 03rd December, 2025(rohit)
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Learned vice counsel for the respondents has placed on record office instructions dated 02.12.2025 conveying that petitioner’s relieving has been temporarily withheld until new Sub Inspector/Checking Officials are made available, for which the DPC process is presently under consideration; That the respondents- Corporation has notified transfer policy vide notification dated 18.11.2025 to rationalize staff and meet out imbalance of staffing within the units; That there is an acute shortage of checking staff in the tribal area of the Reckongpeo Unit.
To a query of the Court, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner had joined HRTC Reckongpeo Unit on 18.07.2024, he yet to complete his normal tenure at the said station.
The office instructions dated 02.12.2025 also convey, and are otherwise acknowledged by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner was transferred to the Head Office Flying Squad Dharamshala, on his own request, without completing the normal tenure in the tribal area of Reckong Peo.
Confronted with above,