2026:HHC:14261 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA CWP No.5329 of 2026 Decided on: 30 th April, 2026 ___________________________________________________________________ Khushal Chand and others ....Petitioners Versus State of H.P. and another ...Respondents _____________________________________________________________________ Coram Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jiya Lal Bhardwaj, Judge Whether approved for reporting? 1 For the petitioners: Mr. Vivek, Advocate, vice Mr. Amit Kumar Dhumal, 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 petitioners submits that the petitioners have already made a representation vide Annexure P-3, specifically mentioning therein that their cases 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 are covered by the judgment passed in CWP No.8148 of 2022, titled, Yashwant Kumar vs. State of H.P. and others, along with connected petitions, decided on 21.03.2024. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners prays that his clients would be satisfied, in case, a direction is given to the respondents to consider and decide their representation (Annexure P-3) 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 petitioners case are akin to the facts of the aforementioned case, similar benefits will be extended to the petitioners. 5. Keeping in view the prayer made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents/competent authority to decide the representation of the petitioners within a period of 3 8 weeks from today, and in case the petitioners are similarly situate as that of the petitioners in the writ petition mentioned above, decided on 21.03.2024, the similar benefits be extended to them 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