Guddi Devi Vs the State of Hp and Others — Himachal Pradesh HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Guddi Devi Vs the State of Hp and Others — Himachal Pradesh HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Direction to the respondents/competent authority to consider and decide the petitioners' representations (Annexure P-5) in accordance with law, taking into consideration the Narender Kumar judgment, within six weeks, and to communicate the decision to the petitioners; pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.

Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents/competent authority should be directed to consider and decide the petitioners' representations (Annexure P-5) seeking applicability of the judgment in State of H.P. v. Narender Kumar, in accordance with law within a fixed-time schedule.

Court's answer

Without examining the merits of the matters, both writ petitions stand disposed of with a direction to the respondents/competent authority to consider and decide the petitioners' representations (Annexure P-5) in accordance with law, taking into consideration the judgment in Narender Kumar.

Ratio / Principle

The decision on the representations is to be made within six weeks and the decision so arrived at shall be communicated to the petitioners.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Two connected writ petitions before the High Court of Himachal Pradesh — CWP No.15024 of 2025 (Pavan Kumar) and CWP No.15026 of 2025 (Guddi Devi) versus State of H.P. and others — were disposed of by Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua on 18 September 2025. The petitioners' grievance was that their representations (Annexure P-5) seeking applicability of State of Himachal Pradesh & others v. Narender Kumar (CWP No.244 of 2019, decided 07.05.2019) had not been decided by the respondents/competent authority. With counsel for both sides consenting to immediate hearing, and without examining the merits, the Court disposed of the writ petitions with a direction to the respondents/competent authority to consider and decide the representations in accordance with law, taking into consideration the Narender Kumar judgment, within six weeks, and to communicate the decision so arrived at to the petitioners. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

CWP No.15024 of 2025 alongwith CWP No.15026 of 2025 Decided on: 18^th September, 2025

1. CWP No.15024 of 2025

Pavan Kumar …..Petitioner

Versus

State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. CWP No.15026 of 2025 Guddi Devi …..Petitioner

Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Coram

Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua

Whether approved for reporting?¹

For the Petitioners: Mr. Shagun Sharma, Advocate.

For the Respondents: Mr. Rajat Choudhry, Assistant Advocate General. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge

Notice. Mr. Rajat Choudhry, learned Assistant

Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on

behalf of the respondents.

1 Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes.

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2. With the consent of learned counsel for the

parties, the matters are heard at this stage.

3. Petitioners’ grievance is that their representations (Annexure P-5) seeking applicability of State of Himachal Pradesh & others Versus Narender Kumar² have not been decided till date by the respondents/competent authority. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners would be content in case the respondents/competent authority(s) are directed to consider and decide the aforesaid representations in accordance with law within a fixed-time schedule. Learned Assistant Advocate General is not averse to this prayer.

4. Having regard to the afore-submissions, but without examining the merits of the matters, these writ petitions are disposed of with a direction to the respondents/competent authority to consider and decide the aforesaid representations of the petitioners (Annexure P-5) in accordance with law as well as taking into consideration the above judgment in the case of Narender Kumar² within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioners.

2 CWP No.244 of 2019, decided on 07.05.2019

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The writ petitions stand disposed of in the above

terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if

any.

September 18, 2025 Mukesh

Jyotsna Rewal Dua Judge