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Payal Kumari v. the State of Hp and Another

Himachal Pradesh HC19 Sept 2025CWP/15194/2025

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Himachal Pradesh High Court, Shimla; Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J.; CWP No.15124 of 2025 (Sunil Kumar and Ors), CWP No.15160 of 2025 (Roop Basant), CWP No.15194 of 2025 (Payal Kumari) vs State of H.P.; decided 19 September 2025; direction to competent authority to decide pending representations in accordance with law considering Inder Singh Thakur judgment (CWP No. 4830 of 2023, 07.04.2025); time-bound disposal within six weeks; communication of decision; no adjudication on merits.

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Direction to the respondents/competent authority to consider and decide the petitioners' representations in accordance with law, taking into consideration the judgment in Inder Singh Thakur, within six weeks, and to communicate the decision to the petitioners; pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also disposed of. ¶15

Payal Kumari Vs the State of Hp and Another — Himachal Pradesh HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

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CWP No.15124 of 2025 alongwith connected matters Decided on: 19^th September, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. CWP No.15124 of 2025 Sunil Kumar and Ors …..Petitioners Versus State of H.P. and Anr .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. CWP No.15160 of 2025 Roop Basant …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and Anr .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. CWP No.15194 of 2025 Payal Kumari …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?¹ For the Petitioners: Mr. Sourav Sharma and Mr. Rocky, Advocates. For the Respondents: Mr. L.N.Sharma, Additional Advocate General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

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Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge

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Notice. Mr. L.N.Sharma, learned Additional

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Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents.

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2. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the matters are heard at this stage.

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3. Petitioners’ grievance is that their

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representations, annexed with the respective writ petitions, seeking applicability of Inder Singh Thakur & Ors Vs. State of H.P. & Ors² 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 Additional Advocate General is not averse to this prayer.

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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 in accordance with law as well as taking into consideration

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2 CWP No. 4830 of 2023, decided alongwith connected matter on 07.04.2025.

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the above judgment in the case of Inder Singh Thakur² within a period of six weeks from today. The decision so arrived at shall also be communicated to the petitioners.

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The writ petitions stand disposed of in the above terms, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if

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any.

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Jyotsna Rewal Dua September 19, 2025 Judge R.Atal

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