Kamal Chand v. the Hpsfcl and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-Judge Himachal Pradesh High Court writ petition (CWP No.13854 of 2025, Kamal Chand v. H.P. State Forest Corporation and another, decided 28-08-2025 by Justice Satyen Vaidya). Petitioner sought parity with the petitioner in the Supreme Court judgment dated 06.02.2025 in Civil Appeal No. 1595 of 2025 (State of H.P. and Ors. vs. Surajmani and Ors.). Having made no earlier representation, the petitioner was permitted to represent to respondent No.2 within two weeks, with a direction to respondent No.2 to decide within eight weeks strictly in terms of Surajmani; petition and pending applications disposed of. Relevant searches: forest corporation matters, parity/equal-treatment claims, representation-based disposal, follow-on applications of Surajmani judgment, H.P. State Forest Corporation litigation.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner permitted to submit a representation to respondent No.2 within two weeks; respondent No.2 directed to consider and decide the representation within eight weeks thereafter, strictly in terms of the Supreme Court judgment in Surajmani (Civil Appeal No. 1595 of 2025).