State of Hp and Another Vs Anita Kumari and Another — Himachal Pradesh HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

State of Hp and Another Vs Anita Kumari and Another — Himachal Pradesh HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

CMPs No. 14146, 14151, 14152, 14155, 14156, 14161, 14171 and 14268 of 2026 and the proposed independent short Letters Patent Appeals dismissed; parties directed to file appropriate application for impleading Union of India as party-respondent; matters listed on 03.09.2026.

Issue for consideration

Whether the applications seeking to place on record independent short Letters Patent Appeals against the common judgment dated 01.09.2025 (the appeals arising out of CWP No. 11006 of 2023) should be allowed. +1 more

Court's answer

The filing of separate Letters Patent Appeals alongwith the application for permitting them to file independent short appeals would frustrate the whole purpose of the earlier order passed on 08.01.2026.

Ratio / Principle

All these applications (CMPs) and the appeals (independent short Letters Patent Appeals) are dismissed, since the original writ petitioners/respondents have already been brought on record as per the amended memo of parties filed in LPA No. 29 of 2026.

Key takeaways

It would be appropriate if Union of India is impleaded as party-respondent; the parties were directed to file an appropriate application for such impleadment.ratio¶8

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Division Bench order in a batch of Letters Patent Appeals, lead matter LPA No. 840 of 2025 (State of Himachal Pradesh and another Vs. Subhash Kumar and others), arising from a common judgment dated 01.09.2025 of the learned Single Judge deciding 12 writ petitions, lead case CWP No. 10354 of 2023, concerning regularization of Computer Operators allegedly overseeing utilization of MGNREGA funds. Reiterating its observation dated 08.01.2026, the Court held it appropriate that Union of India be impleaded as party-respondent and directed the parties to file an appropriate application to that effect. Applications (CMPs No. 14146, 14151, 14152, 14155, 14156, 14161, 14171 and 14268 of 2026) in LPAs No. 348 to 355, 360 and 361 of 2026, seeking to place on record independent short appeals against the common judgment on the ground that those appeals arose out of CWP No. 11006 of 2023 (Vishal Dhiman and others), were dismissed, the Court holding that such filing would frustrate the whole purpose of the earlier order dated 08.01.2026, the original writ petitioners/respondents having already been brought on record through the amended memo of parties in LPA No. 29 of 2026 (State of Himachal Pradesh and another Vs. Kalpana Thakur and others). Matters listed on 03.09.2026.

Procedural history

How this case reached the court

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Order under challenge
Common judgment dated 01.09.2025 of the learned Single Judge deciding 12 cases, lead case CWP No. 10354 of 2023, Subhash Kumar and others Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and another¶13
learned Single Judge · 01.09.2025
Prior proceeding
By earlier order dated 08.01.2026 the Court had observed that it would be appropriate to implead Union of India as party-respondent, the regularization sought in the appeals being of Computer Operators allegedly overseeing utilization of MGNREGA funds.¶8
Prior proceeding
LPA No. 29 of 2026 (State of Himachal Pradesh and another Vs. Kalpana Thakur and others), arising out of CWP No. 10775 of 2023, was filed; the State filed CMP No. 1608 of 2026 under Order 1, Rule 10 of the Civil Procedure Code for impleading necessary and proper parties and to file a joint appeal.¶16
Prior proceeding
The Court allowed CMP No. 1608 of 2026 (the rest of the writ petitioners being arrayed in LPA No. 840 of 2025, mainly in LPA No. 29 of 2026) but dismissed the prayer for impleadment of Union of India at that point of time, with liberty to file a fresh application for impleadment.¶18
Prior proceeding
CMPs No. 14146, 14151, 14152, 14155, 14156, 14161, 14171 and 14268 of 2026 were filed in LPAs No. 348 to 355, 360 and 361 of 2026.¶12
Prior proceeding
Applications were filed in all the Letters Patent Appeals to place on record independent short appeals against the common judgment dated 01.09.2025, since these appeals arise out of CWP No. 11006 of 2023 (Vishal Dhiman and others Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and another), which was at Sr. No.10 of the memo of parties.¶15
Prior proceeding
The other writ petitions decided by the common judgment were CWPs No.10354, 10398, 10587, 10771, 10772, 10775, 10801, 11004, 11005, 11007 of 2023 and 05 of 2024.¶15
Prior proceeding
The original writ petitioners/respondents had already been brought on record as per the amended memo of parties filed in LPA No. 29 of 2026.¶21