IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No: 4473 of 2023 Decided on: 3rd November 2023 ____________________________________________________________

Mrinal Thakur ...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others …Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ranjan Sharma, Judge

1 Whether approved for reporting? Yes For the petitioner : Mr. Jagish Thakur, Advocate For the respondents: Mr. B C Verma, Additional Advocate General for Respondents 1 to 3.

Mr B S Thakur for Respondent no 4.

Ranjan Sharma, Judge (Oral)

h The petitioner, a former Pharmacy Officer, in gthe Health Department of the Respondent State, has come up before this Court, seeking the following reliefs:-

(i) That the impugned Annexures dated 7.7.2023 as contained in Annexure P-7 and P-8 issued by respondent No. 2 and 3 may very kindly be quashed and set-aside and further writ of mandamus be issued to respondent No 2 and 3 to allow the petitioner

1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment?

to continue as Pharmacist Pharmacy Officer at Zonal Hospital Mandi, HP.

(ii) That after quashing Annexures PP-7 and P-8, the respondent No. 2 & 3 be directed to count the intervening period i.e. 7.7.202