CIVIL APPEAL 9665 of 2013 on 31 December 2013

IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

CWP No.9665 of 2013

Date of decision: 31.12.2013

Trilok Chand …. Petitioner.

Versus State of H.P. and others …. Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Karol, Judge.

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dharam Chand Chaudhary, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?[1] No.

For the Petitioner :Mr. D.R. Verma, Advocate. For the Respondents :Mr. R.M. Bisht, Deputy Advocate General and Mr. J.S. Guleria, Assistant Advocate General, for R-1 to 4.

Sanjay Karol, Judge(Oral)

Learned counsel for the petitioner, under instructions, does not press the present petition and submits that petitioner shall approach the respondents clearly bringing out the circumstances under which his case is covered by the decision rendered by this Court in CWP No.9534/2012, titled as Suresh Kumar versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others, alongwith connected matters, on 19.11.2013.

2. No other point is urged.

3. Leaving the questions of law open, it is open for the petitionerto approach the respondents, as prayed for. As and when any such request is received by the Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment?

appropriate authority, the same shall be considered on its merits, in accordance with law, also keeping in view the ratio of law laid down by the Apex Court in Jai Dev Gupta versus State of Himachal Pradesh, AIR 1998 SC 2819, within a period of eight weeks, by affording adequate opportunity of hearing/representation to the petitioner. Needless to add, if the order is not in favour of the petitioner, the authority shall assign reasons while deciding the same, which shall be communicated to the petitioner.

With the aforesaid observations, present petition stands disposed of as not pressed, so also, pending application(s), if any.

(Sanjay Karol ),

Judge.

(Dharam Chand Chaudhary), Judge.

December 31, 2013(KS)