IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

LPA No.191 of 2026 Date of Decision : 08.04.2026 Dr. Gurcharan Singh Chaudhary …… Appellant Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others …… Respondents Coram:

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice G.S. Sandhawalia, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bipin Chander Negi, Judge Whether approved for reporting?1 For the a ppellant : Mr. Mehar Chand Jamwal, Advocate.

For the respondents : Ms. Priyanka Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General, for respondent No.1/State.

Mr. Vikrant Thakur and Mr. Shubham Guleria, Advocates, for respondent No.2.

Bipin Chander Negi, Judge The present appeal has been preferred against the impugned judgment dated 16.05.2025, passed by learned Single Judge, in CWPOA No.4633 of 2020, titled Dr. Gurcharan Singh vs. State of H.P. and others, whereby, the writ petition filed by the present appellant has been dismissed.

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

2. Brief facts giving rise to the case at hand are that respondent No.2 had issued an advertisement dated 06.12.1996 for filling up of 14 posts of Homeopathy Doctors (Class-II) in the Department of Ayurveda. One of the essential qualifications for being appointe