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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
CWP No.2571 of 2025
Date of Decision: 5.6.2025 _____________________________________________________________________ Leela Devi .…...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. Balam Ram Dhiman, Advocate.
For the respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, A.G. with Mr. B.C. Verma, Additional Advocate General. ___________________________________________________________________________
Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)
Mr. B.C. Verma, learned Additional Advocate General, accepts service of notice on behalf of the respondents.
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Petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents to allow her to continue in service till she attains the age of 60 years in light of law laid down in CWP No.2274 of 2021, decided alongwith connected matters on 28.05.2024 titled as Satya Devi Vs. State of H.P. and others.
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Respondents have not disputed that the case of the petitioner is covered by the aforesaid decision in Satya Devi’s case, therefore, there shall be a direction to the respondents to confer the benefit of the aforesaid decision to the petitioner and allow her to
- 2 - continue in service till she attains the age of 60 years. This, shall, however, be subject to outcome of the SLP filed by the respondents in the aforesaid decision. The present petition is disposed in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any.
June 5, 2025
(Sandeep Sharma) mamta
Judge