CWP/18047/2026 on 15 October 2026

1. CWP No. 18346 of 2026 Kaushlya Kumari

…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Anr

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2. CWP No. 18313 of 2026

Sarika Kumari

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…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Anr

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3. CWP No. 18297 of 2026

Preetam Dutt

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…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Anr

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4. CWP No. 18300 of 2026

Sidharth and Anr. .

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State of H.P. and Anr

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5. CWP No. 18298 of 2026

Rita Narta

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…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Anr

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6. CWP No. 18294 of 2026

Tilak Raj Sharma

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…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Anr

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

7. CWP No. 18295 of 2026

Vinod Kumar

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…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Anr

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

8. CWP No. 18341 of 2026

Prakash Chand .

…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Anr

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

9. CWP No. 18337 of 2026

Monika Sharma .

…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Anr

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

10. CWP No. 18233 of 2026

Sapna Kumari .

…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Anr

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

11. CWP No. 18232 of 2026

Suresh Kumar

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…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Anr

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

12. CWP No. 18231 of 2026

Suchita Soni and Ors .

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State of H.P. and Ors

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

13. CWP No. 18228 of 2026

Sanjay Kumar

.

…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Ors

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

14. CWP No. 18181 of 2026

Sudesh Kumari .

…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Ors

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

15. CWP No. 18411 of 2026

Ramjan Bibi .

…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Ors

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

16. CWP No. 18413 of 2026

Inder Jeet .

…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Ors

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

17. CWP No. 18452 of 2026

Meena Kumari .

…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Ors

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

18. CWP No. 18174 of 2026

Rekha Sharma .

…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Ors

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

19. CWP No. 18059 of 2026

Hira Devi and Anr

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State of H.P. and Anr

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

20. CWP No. 18047 of 2026

Babita Devi Thakur .

…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Ors

.....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Coram

Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioners: M/s Amit K Dhumal, Tim Saran, Dinender S Panwar, Hemant Thakur, Surender K Sharma, Sat Prakash, Mandeep Chandel, M.A.Safee, Vaibhav Tanwar and Mr. Vikas Rajput , Advocates, in the respective writ Ravneet Kumar, Munish Kumar, petitions.

For the Respondents: Mr. Y.P.S.Dhaulta, Additional Advocate General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge

Petitioners seek applicability of Ghanshyam Dass and Ors Vs. State of H.P. and Ors2 .

2. Learned Additional Advocate General has apprised that aforesaid decision has been stayed under order dated 17.08.2026 passed in LPA No. 205 of 2025 and other connected matters.

1Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. 2 CWP No. 2056 of 2023 decided alongwith connected matters on 21.03.2024

3. In view of above position, the relief in the nature claimed by the petitioners cannot be granted to them at this stage. These writ petitions, therefore, are disposed of with direction to the respondents to consider the cases of the petitioners within six weeks after the adjudication of LPA No. 205 of 2025 and in terms thereof.

4. With the above observations, these writ petitions stand disposed of.

Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also to stand disposed of.

Jyotsna Rewal Dua October 15, 2026

Judge R.Atal