State appeal against a service matter; the State conceded the employee was similarly situated to respondents in earlier LPAs already dismissed, so the Court dismissed this LPA applying those judgments mutatis mutandis.
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Neutral Citation No. ( 2024:HHC:10554-DB )
IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
LPA No.9 of 2017.
Date of decision: 04.11.2024.
The State of Himachal Pradesh and another …..Appellants.
Versus Chaman Singh …..Respondent. Coram
The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Acting Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Satyen Vaidya, Judge.
Whether approved for reporting?1 No For the Appellants : Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. Sushant Keprate, Mr. Pranay Pratap Singh, Mr. Gobind Korla, Additional Advocates General and Ms. Priyanka Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General. For the Respondent : Mr. Naresh Kaul, Advocate.
Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Acting Chief Justice (Oral)
On 28.10.2024, the Court passed the following order:
“Learned counsel for the respondent states that LPAs in identical cases have already been dismissed by this Court, vide judgment dated 02.01.2016, passed in LPA Nos. 4 to 6 of 2016, LPA Nos. 41 to 47 of 2016, decided on
1 Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the Judgment?Yes
2
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13.04.2016 and thereafter LPA No. 38 of 2017, decided on 01.05.2017.
Confronted with this, learned Additional Advocate, General prays for and is granted a week’s time to verify this aspect.
List on 04.11.2024. ”
placed on record a communication dated 02.11.2024 which goes to indicate that the employee mentioned in this LPA is similarly situated to the one in LPAs No. 4 to 6 of 2016, LPAs No. 41 to 47 of 2016 and LPA No. 38 of 2017.
(Tarlok Singh Chauhan) Acting Chief Justice
(Satyen Vaidya) Judge
4th November, 2024. ( krt )
1 issue framed by the court
Whether this LPA by a similarly situated employee should be dismissed in terms of earlier decided identical LPAs.
Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority
LPA Nos. 4 to 6 of 2016Followed
LPA Nos. 41 to 47 of 2016Followed
LPA No. 38 of 2017Followed
The State of Himachal Pradesh
Chaman Singh
Tarlok Singh Chauhan
Satyen Vaidya
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
