Himachal Pradesh High Court
COPC/1647/2026 on 13 October 2026
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADSH AT SHIMLA
COPC No. 1647 of 2026 Decided on: 13.10.2026 _______________________________________________________________
Sangeeta Devi
....Petitioners Versus
Kamlesh Kumar Pant
....Respondents
Coram :
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ranjan Sharma, Judge 1Whether approved for reporting?
For the petitioner : Mr. Bhupinder Thakur, Advocate.
For the respondents : Mr. Varun Chandel, Additional Advocate General, for Respondents- State.
Ranjan Sharma, Judge
Petitioner has invoked the contempt jurisdiction of this Court, alleging non-compliance of the order/judgment dated 06.01.2026 [Annexure C-1], passed by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in CWP No. 282 of 2026, titled as Sangeeta Devi and Others versus State of Himachal Pradesh & others. The Operative part of the order/judgment reads as under: “4 Having regard to the afore-submissions, but without examining the merits of the matter, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents/ competent authority to consider and decide the
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aforesaid representation of the petitioners dated 11.10.2025 (Annexure P-6) in accordance with law as well as taking into consideration the above judgment in the case of Dinesh Kumar within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioners.”
2. Basing reference to the orders dated 06.01.2026, [Annexure C-1], Learned Counsel for petitioner submits that Respondents have neither decided the representation nor any speaking order has been conveyed to the petitioner as yet.
3. Heard.
4. Notice. Mr. Varun Chandel, Learned Additional Advocate General waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents.
5. At this stage, Learned Counsel submits that petitioner shall be satisfied, in case, the Respondent- Competent Authority decides the representation of the petitioner, in a time bound manner. [Statement taken on record]
6. Considering the matter in above perspective, this Court directs the Respondent/Competent Authority to
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decide the representation, in terms of the order/judgment, within six weeks positively.
7. Needless to say, that in case, the order/judgment is not complied with in terms of this order, the petitioner shall be at liberty to seek appropriate remedy, hereinafter, in accordance with law.
8. In aforesaid terms, the instant proceedings are closed and notice is discharged.
(Ranjan Sharma)
Judge
October 13, 2026 (Anita)