CWP/16333/2024 on 31 December 2024

2024:HHC:16781 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

CWP No. 16333 of 2024 Decided on: 31.12.2024 Hem Raj

… Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & another … Respondents

Coram

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 ____________________________________________________

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For the petitioner : Mr. Gaurav Bhardwaj, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Pushpinder Jaswal, Additional Advocate General. Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge (Oral) Notice. Mr. Pushpinder Jaswal, learned Additional Advocate General, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents.

2. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the prayer made herein is squarely covered by the judgment passed by Hon’ble Division Bench of this Court in CWP No. 2004 of 2017 alongwith connected matters, titled Taj Mohammad and others vs. State of H.P. and others, decided on 03.08.2023. He further submits that representation has also been made by the petitioner in this regard and it would be in the interest of justice, in case, this petition is disposed of with the direction that let the representation of the petitioner be decided by the Competent Authority, in terms of the averments made in the representation as well as the judgments being relied upon by the petitioner therein.

3. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case, this petition is disposed of with the direction that let the representation made by the petitioner shall be decided by the

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2024:HHC:16781 Competent Authority, in terms of the averments made therein, taking into consideration the judgment being relied upon by the petitioner therein, by passing a speaking order, within a period of six weeks from today.

4. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, also stand disposed of accordingly.

(Ajay Mohan Goel)

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