(1.) Notice. Mr. Ranjan Sharma, learned Additional Advocate General and Mr. Shyam Singh Chauhan, learned Standing Counsel, take notice on behalf of respondents No.1 and 2 and respondents No.3 and 4, respectively.
(2.) The parties are ad idem that the issue in question is no longer res integra in view of the judgment rendered by a Division Bench of this Court in CWP No.3050/2014, titled Nek Ram Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others, decided on 17/7/2014 (Annexure P-3).
(3.) Accordingly, the instant petition is disposed off on the basis of the ratio laid down in the aforesaid judgment.