( 2026:HHC:37380 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA COPC No.1236 of 2026 Decided on: 02.09.2026. __________________________________________________________ Suresh Kumar and Others ....Petitioners Versus Rakesh Kanwar & Another ....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ranjan Sharma, Judge 1Whether approved for reporting? For the petitioners: Ms. Bheeshamlata, Proxy Counsel to Mr. Vikas Rajput, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Sumit Sharma, Deputy, Advocate General. Ranjan Sharma, Judge [Oral] Petitioners have come up before this Court, invoking the contempt jurisdiction, against the non- implementation of the judgment dated 04.01.2025 [Annexure P-1] passed by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in CWP No.6471 of 2024, titled as Suresh Kumar and others Vs. The State of Himachal Pradesh and others, directing the respondents to: examine the case of the petitioners in the light of the aforementioned judgment; in the case of Narender Singh Thakur vs. State of Himachal Pradesh, 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 ( 2026:HHC:37380 ) CWP No. 2782 of 2019) and in case, the petitioners are found to be similarly situated, then the reliefs as stood granted in the said judgment, be conferred upon the petitioners. It is averred that, the Director of School Education has issued an order dated 10.09.2025 [Annexure P-2], granting regular appointment to the petitioners from the date they were appointed/joined on contract basis, but admissible consequential benefits, have not been released in terms of the said judgment. 4. Heard. 5. Notice. Mr. Sumit Sharma, Learned Deputy Advocate General, accepts and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents. 6. Since compliance as aforesaid has been made, the action does not appears to be contumacious and therefore, with the consent of Learned Counsels, this Court disposes of the instant petition, with direction to the State Authorities, to implement the judgment dated 04.01.2025 in letter and spirit, within six weeks from today. 7. Liberty, reserved, to the petitioners, to seek appropriate remedy, in case, the petitioners are still aggrieved. 3 ( 2026:HHC:37380 ) Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall also stand disposed of. (Ranjan Sharma) Judge September 02, 2026 [Anita]