IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. LPA No. 881 of 2025 and LPA No. 883 of 2025 Date of decision: 19.08.2026 LPA No. 881 of 2025 HFCL Ltd. …Appellant Versus Sunil Kumar & Ors. …Respondents LPA No. 883 of 2025 HFCL Ltd. …Appellant Versus Ms. Sharda Thakur & Ors. …Respondents Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice G. S. Sandhawalia, Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bipin C. Negi, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the Appellant(s): Mr. Sudhir Thakur, Senior Advocate with Mr. Somesh Sharma, Advocate. For the Respondents: Ms. Priyanka Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General, for respondents No. 2 and 3. G. S. Sandhawalia , Chief Justice (Oral) Delinked from LPA No. 787 of 2025. 2. Learned counsel for the appellant(s) does not want to press the present Letters Patent Appeals on account of the fact that the respondent No. 1-workman Sh. Sunil Kumar in LPA No. 881 of 2025 has already retired, whereas respondent 2 No. 1-workman Ms. Sharda Thakur in LPA No. 883 of 2025 is due to retire by the end of this month i.e. August, 2026. 3. Resultantly, since the orders impugned are protecting the employees from transfer, therefore, the appeals have become infructuous qua these persons. 4. Accordingly, the appeals are disposed of, so also the pending applications, if any. (G. S. Sandhawalia) Chief Justice (Bipin C. Negi) 19th August, 2026 Judge (sanjeev)