Tek Singh v. State of H.P. & Ors. CMP No.16990 of 2026 in CWP No.13211 of 2024 16.07.2026 Present: Mr. K.C. Sankhyan, Advocate, for the applicant. Mr. Pushpinder Jaswal, Additional Advocate General, for the respondents-State. By way of this application, a prayer has been made for modification of the interim order passed by this Court on 19.11.2024. A perusal of the order passed by this Court on 19.11.2024, demonstrates that the respondents were directed to reengage the petitioner and allow him to continue till attaining the age of 60 years in light of the pronouncement of the Hon’ble Division Bench of this Court in Satya Devi versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others. Learned Additional Advocate General submits that the reason as to why this application has been filed is that the operation of the judgment passed by the Hon’ble Division Bench of this Court in Satya Devi’s case (supra) was stayed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court. He further apprises the Court that in fact Special Leave Petition in Satya Devi’s case otherwise has been disposed of by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India by confining the relief to the petitioner only and further by ordering that the said judgment is not to be treated as a precedent. Be that as it may, a perusal of the affidavit filed alongwith the writ petition demonstrates that the age of the petitioner, when he approached the Court, was 59 years and 7 months. This means that he already has attained the age of 60 years on 31.03.2025, as is also averred in Para-7 of the writ petition. In the backdrop of these circumstances, no order of modification is required to be passed in this petition save and except that the interim protection, which was granted to the petitioner shall abide by the final outcome of the writ petition. Application stands disposed of. (Ajay Mohan Goel) Judge July 16, 2026 (Vinod)