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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

CWP No.20186 of 2025

Decided on: 22.12. 2025

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Manmohan Singh and Ors …..Petitioners

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State of H.P. and Ors o .....Respondents

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Coram t

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sushil Kukreja

Whether approved for reporting?1

For the Petitioners: Mr. Surender K Sharma, Advocate.

For the Respondents: Mr. Rajat Chaudhary, Assistant

Advocate General.

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Sushi hl Kukreja, Judge (oral)

Notice. Mr. Rajat Chaudhary, learned Assistant

Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on

H behalf of the respondents.

2. With the consent of learned counsel for the

parties, the matter is heard at this stage.

3. Petitioners’ grievance is that their

representations, dated 29.10.2025 & 07.11.2025

(Annexure P-2 colly), seeking applicability of judgment

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Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes.

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rendered in CWPOA No. 5536 of 2020, titled Sanjay

Kumar Vs. State of H.P. & Ors, decided alongwith

connected matters on 01.11.2023 (Annexure P-1), have not

been decided till date by the respondents/com.petent

authority. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted

that the petitioners would be content in case the

respondents/competent authority(s) oare directed to

consider and decide the aforesaid representations in

accordance with law within a fixed-time schedule. Learned

Assistant Advocate Generual is not averse to this prayer.

4. Having regard to the afore-submissions, but

without examining the merits of the matters, this writ

petition is disposed of with a direction to the

respondents/competent authority to consider and decide

the aforesaid representations of the petitioners in

accordance with law as well as taking into consideration

H the above judgment in the case of Sanjay Kumar (supra)

within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so

arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioners.

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The writ petition stands disposed of in the above

terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if

any.

(Sushil Kukre.ja)

December 22, 2025 JudgHe

R.Atal

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