2026:HHC:14256 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA CWP No.5467 of 2026 Decided on: 30 th April, 2026 ___________________________________________________________________ Ranjeet Singh ....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: Mr. Vivek Thakur, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. Pushpinder Singh Jaswal, Additional Advocate General. Jiya Lal Bhardwaj, Judge (Oral) Notice. Mr. Pushpinder Singh Jaswal, learned Additional 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 03.11.2025 (Annexure P-2), specifically mentioning therein that his case is covered by the judgment passed in CWP 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 No.4830 of 2023, titled, Inder Singh Thakur and others vs. State of H.P. and others, along with connected petition, decided on 07.04.2025 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 03.11.2025 (Annexure P-2) in terms of the judgment passed by this Court in aforementioned case. 4. Faced with this situation, learned Additional 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 decide the representation of the petitioner within a period of 3 8 weeks from today, and in case the petitioner is similarly situated as that of the petitioners in the writ petition mentioned above, decided on 07.04.2025, the similar benefits be extended to him 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