IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA RFA No.6/2018 Date of Decision: 18th September, 2025 LAC (HPPCL) & another .....Appellants. Versus Hire Singh and another …..Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bipin Chander Negi, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Appellants : Mr. Janesh Gupta, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. Naveen K. Bhardwaj, Advocate, for respondent No.1. : Mr. Diwakar Dev Sharma, Additional Advocate General, for respondent No.2/State. Bipin Chander Negi, Judge (oral). Learned counsel for the parties are ad idem that this appeal is squarely covered by the judgment passed by the Hon'ble Coordinate Bench of this Court in RFA No. 902 of 2012, titled as The Land Acquisition Collector & another Versus Sh. Ram Lal & others, alongwith other connected matters, decided on 30.08.2017 and this appeal be disposed of with the direction that the findings so returned by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in RFA No. 902 of 2012, decided on 30.08.2017 shall mutatis mutandis apply to this appeal also. 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? YES 2 2. Accordingly, this appeal is disposed of with the direction that the findings returned by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in RFA No. 902 of 2012, decided on 30.08.2017, shall mutatis mutandis apply to this appeal also and all directions so issued by the Co-ordinate Bench shall be construed as having been issued in this appeal also. Miscellaneous applications, if any, also stand disposed of. Interim order, if any, stands vacated. (Bipin Chander Negi) Judge 18th September, 2025 (Tarun)