Coram: o Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting? ¹ For the Petitioners: Mr. Yogesh Kumar Chandel, Advocate.

For the Respondents: Mr. Rajan Kahol, Mr. Vishal Panwar and Mr.

B.C. uVerma, Additional Advocates General, with Mr. Ravi Chauhan, Deputy Advocate oGeneral, for State.

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Sandeep Sharma, Judge (oral)

Before notices, if any, could be issued to the respondents, learned counsel for the petitioners invited attention of this Court to judgment dated 21.5.2024, passed by the Coordinate iBench of this Court in bunch of petitions, lead case whereof is CWP No. 8148 of 2022 , titled as Yashwant Kumar v. State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors., to state that issue otherwise sought to be decided in the instant proceedings, already stands adjudicated in the aforesaid judgment and as such, petitioners would be content and satisfied in case directions are issued to the respondents to consider and decide case of the petitioners in light of aforesaid judgment. He further submitted that in one of the connected cases i.e. COPC No. 722