2026:HHC:12130 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA LPA No.154 of 2026 Decided on : _16.04.2026 Manju Kumari ... Appellant Versus State of H.P. and others …Respondents.

Coram f Hon’ble Mr. Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia, Chief Justice.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bipin Chander Negi, Judge.

Whether approved for reportin t g?1 For the appellant : Mr. Ashwani K. Sharma, Advocate.

For the respondents : Mr. Pranay Pratap Singh, Additional Advocate General, for respondents No.

1 to 4.

C: Mr. Bharat Bhushan, Senior Panel Counsel, for respondent No.5.

G.S. S andhawalia, Chief Justice (Oral)

The present Letters Patent Appeal arises from the order passed by the learned Single Judge in CWPOA No. 5083 of 2019, titled Manju Kumari vs. State of H.P. and others, decided on 24^th February, 2026. The learned Single Judge has rejected the challenge to the order dated 21^st June, 2014, whereby the private respondent No. 6 (Pardeep Kumar) had been appointed to the post of Language Teacher (Ortho) under the Reserved Category of Persons with Disabilities.

Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the Judgment? Yes

2. The reasoning given by the learned Single Judge, after consideration of the relev