2026:HHC:14260 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA CWP No.5282 of 2026 Decided on: 30 th April, 2026 ___________________________________________________________________ Suman Bala ....Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others ...Respondents _____________________________________________________________________ Coram Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jiya Lal Bhardwaj, Judge Whether approved for reporting? 1 For the petitioner: Ms. Bheesham Lata, Advocate, vice Mr. Mandeep Chandel, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. Rahul Thakur, Deputy Advocate General. Jiya Lal Bhardwaj, Judge (Oral) Notice. Mr. Rahul Thakur, learned Deputy Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents-State. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has already made a representation dated 16.02.2026 (Annexure P-4), specifically mentioning therein 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 that her case is covered by the judgment passed in CWP No.2056 of 2023, titled, Ghanshyam Dass and others vs. State of H.P. and others along with connected petitions, decided on 21.03.2024. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner prays that his client would be satisfied, in case, a direction is given to the respondents to consider and decide the representation dated 16.02.2026 (Annexure P-4) in terms of the judgment passed by this Court in aforementioned case. 4. Faced with this situation, learned Deputy Advocate General submits that the competent authority shall decide the representation and in case the facts of the petitioner’s case are akin to the facts of the aforementioned case, similar benefits will be extended to the petitioner. 5. Keeping in view the prayer made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents/competent authority to 3 decide the representation of the petitioner within a period of 8 weeks from today, and in case the petitioner is similarly situate as that of the petitioners in the writ petition mentioned above, decided on 21.03.2024, the similar benefits will be extended to her within a period of 8 weeks from the date of receipt of copy of the order. 6. The petition is accordingly disposed of. Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of. 30 th April, 2026 ( Jiya Lal Bhardwaj ) (ankit) Judge