Jeet Ram Chauhan v. the State of Hp and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla; CWP No. 4746 & 4748 of 2025 (Jeet Ram Chauhan and Prem Dutt Sharma v. State of H.P. & Ors.); decided 01.01.2026; Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J. Time-bound direction to competent authority to decide pending representations invoking the Surya Prabha judgment (CWP No. 5390/2024, decided 28.05.2025) within six weeks; no adjudication on merits; relevant for mandamus-style directions where representations remain undecided.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the respondents/competent authority to consider and decide the petitioners' representations in accordance with law and taking into consideration the Surya Prabha judgment, within six weeks, and to communicate the order so passed to the petitioners. ¶21