CWP/18180/2026 on 15 October 2026

1. CWP No.18061 of 2026 Rekha Devi

…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Anr

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

2. CWP No.18178 of 2026 Shikha

…..Petitioner

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

3. CWP No.18180 of 2026 Samita Sharma

…..Petitioner

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State of H.P. and Ors

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

4. CWP No.18414 of 2026 Ashok Kumar and Anr

…..Petitioners

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State of H.P. and Anr

.....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 CWP No.18504 of 2026 Kusum Lata and Ors

…..Petitioners

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

Coram

Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioners: Mr. Sourav Sharma, Mandeep Chandel,

Ms. Shrutika Chauhan, Ms.tim Saran

Sharma and Prashant Sharma.

Advocates in the respective writ

petitions.

For the Respondents: Ms. Menka Raj Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge

Notice. Ms. Menka Raj Chauhan, learned Deputy Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents in all the writ petitions.

2. Petitioners’ grievance is that their representations, annexed with the respective writ petitions, seeking applicability of Inder Singh Thakur & Ors Vs. State of H.P. & Ors2 have not been decided till date by the respondents/competent authority. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners would be content in case the respondents/competent authority(s) are directed to consider and decide the aforesaid representations in accordance with law within a fixed-time

1Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes. 2 CWP No. 4830 of 2023, decided alongwith connected matter on 07.04.2025.

schedule. Learned Deputy Advocate General is not averse to this prayer.

3. Having regard to the afore-submissions, but without examining the merits of the matters, these writ petitions are disposed of with a direction to the respondents/competent authority to consider and decide the aforesaid representations of the petitioners in accordance with law as well as taking into consideration the above decision, within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioners.

The writ petitions stand disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any.

Jyotsna Rewal Dua October 15, 2026

Judge R.Atal