THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA LPA No.545 of 2025 Reserved on: 20.04.2026 Decided on : 25.04.2026 Uploaded on: 2.5.04.2026 Umawati H ...Appellant Versus HPSEB and others …Respondents.

Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice G.S. Sandhaw alia, Chief Justice.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bipin Cha nder Negi, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?1 For the appellant : Mr. Inder Singh Chandel and Mr. Arun oKumar, Advocates.

For the rCespondent : Ms. Sunita Sharma, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Meenakshi Katoch and Mr.

Dhananjay Sharma, Advocates.

Bipin Chander Negi, Judge g The present appeal has been preferred against the impugned judgment dated 3.4.2025 passed in CWP No. 7584 of 2023 filed by the present appellant, whereby the claim of the appellant qua family pension in respect of one late Jai Ram, alleged to be the husband of the appellant, has been rejected.

2. Late Sh. Jai Ram had retired from the respondent-Board as a foreman on 31.8.1998. The appellant claimed to have solemnized marriage with late Sh. Jai Ram in the year 1994. The

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

marriage inter-se the present appellant and late Sh. Jai Ram is alleged to have taken place after t