State of Hp and Another v. Vishal Dhiman and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Letters Patent Appeals; State of Himachal Pradesh and another; Subhash Kumar and others; Vishal Dhiman and others; Kalpana Thakur and others; regularization of Computer Operators; MGNREGA funds; impleadment of Union of India as party-respondent; Order 1, Rule 10 of the Civil Procedure Code; CMP No. 1608 of 2026; CMPs Nos. 14146 to 14268 of 2026; independent short appeals against common judgment dated 01.09.2025 by learned Single Judge in 12 writ petitions (CWP Nos. 10354, 10398, 10587, 10771, 10772, 10775, 10801, 11004, 11005, 11006, 11007 of 2023 and 05 of 2024); lead case CWP No. 10354 of 2023; CWP No. 11006 of 2023 at Sr. No. 10 of memo of parties; amended memo of parties in LPA No. 29 of 2026; dismissal of applications and appeals; listing on 03.09.2026; bench of G.S. Sandhawalia, Chief Justice and Bipin C. Negi.
What did the court decide?
No relief to the applicants: the CMPs and the LPAs filed therewith stand dismissed. Parties are nonetheless directed to file an appropriate application for impleading Union of India as party-respondent in the main appeals, which are listed on 03.09.2026.