Tek Chand v. the State of Hp and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Himachal Pradesh Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Government Employees Act, 2024 (Act No. 23 of 2025) quashed in Devinder Kumar (CWP No.3361 of 2025, judgment dated 25.04.2026); finding applied mutatis mutandis; batch of 67 CWPs of 2025–2026 disposed with liberty for fresh petitions; High Court of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla; Vivek Singh Thakur and Ranjan Sharma, JJ.; decided 04.05.2026; neutral citation (2026:HHC:14408).
What did the court decide?
All 67 petitions disposed of in terms of CWP No.3361 of 2025 (in which the Himachal Pradesh Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Government Employees Act, 2024 was quashed and consequential actions declared illegal), with liberty to the parties to pursue any surviving grievance, including by filing fresh petition(s); pending miscellaneous applications disposed of in the same terms.