The Himachal Pradesh High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the service extension given to former Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena. The court upheld the government’s decision to give a service extension to Saxena.
The government had granted Saxena a six-month extension on March 28, 2025, thereby extending his service until September 30, 2025. A PIL challenging the extension of Saxena’s service was filed by Atul Sharma in the High Court.
A division bench of Chief Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia and Justice Ranjan Sharma heard the PIL and dismissed it, thus upholding Saxena’s extension.
The court had directed the Central and State governments to submit the complete records so that the justification for granting the extension could be examined properly. The High Court had also asked the central government to provide details of the precise reasons given for granting the extension and the nature of the public interest.
The court virtually sought clarity on the legal authority of the Central government for granting this approval. The Centre stated that it accepted the state government’s request for granting an extension of Saxena’s tenure in the public interest.
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