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2026:HHC:3393

IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

CWP No. : 1190 of 2026

Decided on : 29.01.2026

Kamlesh Kumar …Petitioner

Versus

State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. …Respondents

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Jiya Lal Bhardwaj, Vacation Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?1

For the petitioner : Mr. Praveen Sharma,

Advocate, vice Mr. Rajender

Singh Thakur, Advocate.

For the respondents : Mr. Vishal Panwar, Additional

Advocate General, for the

respondents.

Jiya Lal Bhardwaj, Judge (Oral)

Notice. Mr. Vishal Panwar, learned Additional

Advochate General, appears and waives service of notice on

bgehalf of the respondents.

i2. In view of the controversy involved in the

petition, no reply is intended to be called from the

respondents.

3. The grievance of the petitioner in the writ

petition is that in pursuance of order dated 21.10.2014, he

was appointed as Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) Medical,

on contract basis and posted as such at Government

Senior Secondary School Kolang, District Lahaul & Spiti,

1 Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

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H.P., which is a tribal area and despite completion of 11

years, he is not being transferred to the station of his.

choice.

4. Vide Office Order dated 14^th June, 2018,

services of the petitioner were regularized and in

compliance of the said order, he joined his duties in the

same School on 15^th June, 2018.

5. The petitioner was transferred, vide Office Order

dated 23^rd November, 2019, from Government Senior

Secondary School Koolang to Government Senior Secondary

School, Madgram, where he joined on 25^th November,

2019.

6. The petitioner has served in the tribal area for

more than 11 years and he has made representations to

respondent No. 2, vide Annexure P-1 dated 13^th August,

2025; Annexure P-2 dated 14^th November, 2025 and

Annexure P-3 dated 26^th December, 2025, respectively.

The Principal of the School has forwarded the application

for transfer of the petitioner to Deputy Director of School

Education vide letter dated 26^th December, 2025.

7. As per the petitioner till date, no decision has

been taken on the said representation made by him.

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8. Keeping in view the transfer policy in as much

as the fact that the petitioner has served for more than 11.

years in the tribal areas, he is to be transferred to one of

the stations of his choice, which he has mentioHned in last

representation dated 26^th December, 2025 i.e. GHS Neoli,

District Kullu, H.P.; GSSS Bagan, District Kullu, H.P.; and

GSSS Katrain, District Kullu, H.P., where the post of TGT

(Medical) is lying vacant.

9. Since the peutitioner has already completed 11

years in the tribal oareas, respondents/competent authority

is directed to decide the representation dated 26.12.2025,

made by the petitioner and consider his request to post

him at either of the three places, where the post is lying

vacant.

10. Let needful be done by the competent authority

within four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this

order.

11. The petition is accordingly disposed of.

12. Pending applications, if any, also stand

disposed of accordingly.

( Jiya Lal Bhardwaj )

Vacation Judge

29^th January, 2026

(Pramod Kumar)

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