2026:HHC:19077 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No. 8229 of 2026 Decided on : 22.05.2026 Kishori Lal …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others …Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner : Mr. Jagdish Thakur, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Rajpal Thakur, Additional Advocate General. Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge (Oral) Notice. Mr. Rajpal Thakur, learned Additional Advocate General, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner herein is similarly situated as the petitioners in CWP No. 5347 of 2026, titled Santosh Kumar Vs. State of H.P. & Ors., along-with connected matter, decided on 22.04.2026. He submits that interest of justice would be served in case, this 1Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 2026:HHC:19077 petition be disposed of by ordering that the directions passed by this Court in Santosh Kumar Vs. State of H.P. & Ors. (supra), shall be construed to have been passed in the present petition also. 3. As it could not be pointed out by the State that the petitioner herein is not similarly situated as the petitioners in the above-said matter, this petition disposed of with the observation that the directions passed by this Court in Santosh Kumar Vs. State of H.P. & Ors. (supra), shall be construed to have been mutatus mutandi passed in the present petition also. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also stand disposed of accordingly. (Ajay Mohan Goel) Judge May 22, 2026 (Shivank Thakur)