IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWPIL No.115 of 2025 Reserved on : 07.01.2026 Decided on : 09.01.2026 Dikken Kumar Thakur & Anr. ...Petitioners.

Versus The State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. f …Respondents.

Coram o Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vivek Singh Thakur, Judge.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Romesh Verma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ Yes.

For the petitioners : Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Senior Advocate with Mr. Nand Lal Thakur, Mr. Mandeep Chandel, Mr. Ajay Dhiman, Mr. Khem Raj, Mr. Kiran Kumar, Mr. Ajay Sipahiya, Mr.

C Tarun Mehta, Mr. Udit Shaurya Kaushik, Mr. Aditya Kaushal, Mr. Vishal Verma, Mr. Vinod Kumar and Mr. Sanjeev Pathania, Advocates.

For the respondent(s) : Mr. Shrawan Dogra, Senior Advocate with g Mr. Tejasvi Dogra and Mr. Mohit Sharma, Advocates, for respondents No. 1 and 4.

i : Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with H Ms. Swati Draik, Deputy Advocate General and Mr. Shalabh Thakur, Assistant Advocate General, for respondent-State.

: Mr. Surinder Sharma, Advocate, for respondent-State Election Commission.

Vivek Singh Thakur, Judge Petitioners have approached this Court in public interest for issuance of directions to the respondents to conduct elections and

Whether the