IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.16940 of 2026 alongwith connected matters Decided on: 30th September, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. CWP No.16940 of 2026 Ajay Kumar …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CWP No.16941 of 2026 Daulat Ram …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. CWP No.16942 of 2026 Monika Chandel …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. CWP No.16988 of 2026 Lekh Ram and another …..Petitioners Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. CWP No.16989 of 2026 Aman Singh and others …..Petitioners Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 6. CWP No.16990 of 2026 Paramjeet Kaur …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. CWP No.16997 of 2026 Navneet Kumar and others …..Petitioners Versus State of H.P. and another .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. CWP No.16998 of 2026 Anjana Kumari …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. CWP No.16999 of 2026 Kusum Lata and others …..Petitioners Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. CWP No.17000 of 2026 Suresh Kumar and others …..Petitioners Versus State of H.P. and another .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 11. CWP No.17002 of 2026 Ashok Kumar …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. CWP No.17004 of 2026 Bharti Thakur …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and another .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. CWP No.17084 of 2026 Mamta Kashyap …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioners: M/s R.L. Chaudhary, Bhupinder Thakur, Vivek Thakur, Naresh K. Sharma, Surender K. Sharma, Praveen Chauhan and Mamta Garg, Advocates, in the respective petitions. For the Respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. L.N. Sharma, Additional Advocate General and Ms. Seema Sharma, Deputy Advocate General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. 4 Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Notice. Mr. L.N. Sharma, learned Additional Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. Petitioners’ grievance is that their representations (annexed with the respective writ petitions) seeking applicability of Inder Singh Thakur & Ors. Versus State of H.P. & Ors.2 have not been decided till date by the respondents/competent authority. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners would be content in case the respondents/competent authority(s) are directed to consider and decide the aforesaid representations in accordance with law within a fixed-time schedule. Learned Additional Advocate General is not averse to this prayer. 3. Having regard to the afore-submissions, but without examining the merits of the matters, these writ petitions are disposed of with a direction to the respondents/competent authority to consider and decide the aforesaid representations of the petitioners in accordance with law as well as taking into consideration the above judgment within a period of six weeks from today. 2 CWP No.4830 of 2023, decided alongwith connected matter on 07.04.2025 5 The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioners. The writ petitions stand disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Jyotsna Rewal Dua September 30, 2026 Judge Mukesh