Durga Ragm and Ors. v. Principal Secretary(Power) and Ors.

Himachal Pradesh HC17 Nov 2025CMP/27203/2025

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What is this about?

Release of awarded compensation; Section 151 CPC application in RFA No.1 of 2023; shares of legal heirs Ram Kumar (respondent No.26) and Praveen Kumar (respondent No.27); amount lying deposited in the Registry of the Court; HPPCL no objection; judgment dated 02.01.2023 attained finality; remittance to bank accounts after verification and identification; disposal of application.

What did the court decide?

Release of the awarded amount of compensation alongwith up-to-date interest, falling in the respective shares of applicants/respondents No.26 and 27, from the amount lying deposited in the Registry of this Court, after proper verification and identification, by remitting the same to their respective bank accounts, details whereof were given in para-9 of the application. ¶¶11

Durga Ragm and Ors. Vs Principal Secretary(Power) and Ors. — Himachal Pradesh HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the awarded amount of compensation, alongwith up-to-date interest, falling in the respective shares of applicants/respondents No.26 (Ram Kumar) and No.27 (Praveen Kumar) and lying deposited in the Registry of this Court, should be released to them.

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Court's answer

It is in the interest of justice to release the awarded amount of compensation alongwith up-to-date interest, falling in the respective shares of applicants/respondents No.26 and 27, lying deposited in the Registry of this Court, after proper verification and identification, by remitting the same to their respective bank accounts detailed in para-9 of the application.

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Ratio / Principle

The judgment dated 02.01.2023 passed by this Court has attained finality, as no appeal has been preferred against it; this was a stated basis for releasing the deposited amount.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

CMP No.27203 of 2025 in RFA No.1 of 2023 — Durga Ram (deceased) through LRs & ors. v. The Pincipal Secretary (Power) & ors. (decided 17.11.2025, Sushil Kukreja, J.): Application under Section 151 CPC by respondents No.26 (Ram Kumar, represented by GPA holder Anil Kumar) and No.27 (Praveen Kumar) for release of the awarded compensation with up-to-date interest lying deposited in the Registry of this Court. HPPCL (respondents No.2 & 4) filed no reply and raised no objection, the judgment dated 02.01.2023 having attained finality. The Court directed release of the applicants' respective shares after proper verification and identification, by remitting the amounts to the bank accounts disclosed in para-9 of the application, and disposed of the application.

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Durga Ram (deceased) through LRs & ors. Vs. The Pincipal Secretary (Power) & ors.

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CMP No.27203 of 2025 in RFA No.1 of 2023 17.11.2025 Present: Ms. Shashi Kiran, Advocate, for the non-applicants/appellants. Applicant/respondent No.27 Praveen Kumar and Shri Anil Kumar, General Power of Attorney (GPA) of applicant/respondent No.26, Ram Kumar are present in person.

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Mr. Manoj Chauhan, Additional Advocate General, for respondents No.1& 3/State.

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Mr. Yashveer Singh Rathore, Advocate, for nonapplicants/respondents No.2 & 4/HPPCL.

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CMP No.27203 of 2025

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The instant application under Section 151 of CPC has been filed by applicants/respondents No.26 and 27, namely, Ram Kumar (through Anil Kumar, SPA) and Praveen Kumar, respectively, for release of the awarded amount, lying deposited in the Registry of this Court.

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As per the applicants, they require money for discharging their liabilities as they had taken various loans from their relatives. Therefore, it is prayed that entire awarded amount of compensation alongwith up-to-date interest, falling in their respective shares, be released in their favour. The application is duly supported with the affidavits of the applicants.

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Learned counsel for the non-applicant/respondents No.2 and 4/HPPCL submitted that he does not want to file any reply to the application and has no objection in case the amount is released in favour of the applicants as no appeal has

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been preferred against the judgment dated 02.01.2023 passed by this Court and the same has attained finality.

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Heard. Having perused the averments made in the application, which is duly supported with the affidavits of applicants and also in view of the fact that the judgment passed by this Court has attained finality, this Court finds it in the interest of justice to release the awarded amount of compensation alongwith up-to-date interest, falling in the respective shares of applicants/respondents No.26 and 27, which is lying deposited in the Registry of this Court, after proper verification and identification by remitting the same to their respective bank accounts, details whereof have been given in para-9 of the application.

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The application stands disposed of.

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( Sushil Kukreja ) Judge

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November 17, 2025

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(V.Himalvi)

Durga Ragm and Ors. v. Principal Secretary(Power) and Ors.

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