IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA CWP No. 10244 of 2026. Decided on : 2 nd July , 2026. Raman Rani ...Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. & Ors. ....Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner: Mr. Tarun K. Sharma, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. Rahul Thakur, Deputy Advocate General. Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge (Oral). Notice. Mr. Rahul Thakur, learned Deputy Advocate General appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. By way of this writ petition, the petitioner has, inter alia, prayed for the following reliefs:- “(i) That this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue a writ in the nature of Certiorari, quashing and setting aside the impugned order dated 08.05.2025 to the extent it 1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 restricts the grant of promotion/regularization to the petitioner on notional basis only, from the date of assumption of charge on placement basis. (ii.) That this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue a writ in the nature of Mandamus, granting the petitioner the benefit of regularization to the post of Principal (School Cadre) from the actual date of his assumption of charge on placement basis i.e. w.e.f. 01.07.2021, instead of granting the same merely on notional basis and further to release all consequential benefits in favour of the petitioner, including arrears of pay and allowances for the period he has actually worked as Principal (School Cadre), along with revision of pensionary and retiral benefits. ( iii.) That this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue a writ in the nature of Mandamus, directing the respondents to extend the benefit of the judgment dated 06.04.2026 passed in CWP No. 9321 of 2025 titled Vijay Parmar and others versus State of Himachal Pradesh & others to the petitioner, being similarly situated, by applying the same mutatis mutandis, and consequently grant her all consequential benefits in accordance with law.” 2. The petitioner contends that in terms of Annexure P-2, dated 08.05.2025, when she was promoted on regular basis against the post of Principals (School Cadre), said promotion was conferred with immediate effect as from the date of the notification and on notional basis from the date the petitioner assumed the charge of the post of Principal on placement basis. The grievance of the petitioner is that she has been discriminated by the Department, as in other cases, incumbents similarly situated as the petitioner, were promoted on regular basis from 3 the date they assumed the charge of the post of Principals on placement basis. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the reliefs prayed for the petitioner are otherwise squarely covered by the judgment passed by this Court in CWP No. 9321 of 2025, titled Vijay Parmar and others Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh, decided on 06.04.2026, and the petition be disposed of with the direction that the judgment passed therein shall mutatis mutandis be construed to have been passed in the present petition also. 4. Though the similarity in the issue decided by this Court in Vijay Parmar and others Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh (supra) and the grievance of the petitioner could not be disputed by the learned Advocate General, but he submitted that the order that may be passed by this Court be subject to the legal rights of the respondents to agitate the same. Ordered accordingly. 5. This petition is disposed of by directing that the directions passed in Vijay Parmar and others Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh (supra), shall be construed to have been passed in the 4 present case also mutatis mutandis. It is held that the act of the respondents-State of conferring the promotion to the petitioner in terms of Annexure P-2, dated 08.05.2025 on regular basis with immediate effect and on notional basis from the date they assumed the charge of the post of Principals on placement basis is bad and it is directed that the petitioners shall be conferred the benefit of regularization as was conferred to their counter-parts from the date of assuming the charge of the post i.e. from the actual date of the petitioner joining as Principal on placement basis with all consequential benefits. 6. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also stand disposed of accordingly. (Ajay Mohan Goel) Judge 30th June, 2026. (jai)