2026:HHC:4854 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA Exe. Pt. No. 173 of 2025 a-w Exe. Pt. Nos. 167, 168 and 174 of 2025 Decided on : 27.02.2026 1. Exe. Pt. No. 173 of 2025 Vipin Kumar and another …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others …Respondents 2. Exe. Pt. No. 167 of 2025 Surinder Kumar and others …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others …Respondents 3. Exe. Pt. No. 168 of 2025 Sham Kumar Chandla …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others …Respondents 4. Exe. Pt. No. 174 of 2025 Smt. Sheela Devi and another …Petitioners Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others …Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge Whether approved for reporting?1 1Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 2026:HHC:4854 For the petitioners : Mr. Devinder Chauhan Jaita, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Rajpal Thakur, Additional Advocate General, for respondents No.1 to 4. Mr. Manohar Lal Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.5. Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge (Oral) Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that now as the claim of the petitioners stand rejected, these proceedings be closed with liberty to the petitioners to assail the order passed by the Authority concerned. 2. Accordingly, these proceedings are closed, with liberty, as prayed for. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also stand disposed of accordingly. (Ajay Mohan Goel) Judge February 27, 2026 (Shivank Thakur)