Himachal Pradesh High Court today quashed the appointment of six Chief Parliamentary Secretaries (CPSs) and declared the law under which the appointments were made void. A division bench of the high court comprising Justices Vivek Thakur and B C Negi also directed that all the facilities and privileges of these CPSs be withdrawn with immediate effect. The court declared the Himachal Pradesh Parliamentary Secretaries (Appointment, salaries, allowance, powers, privileges and Amendments) Act, 2006 as void. The Himachal Government had appointed six CPSs in January 2023. Meanwhile, Advocate General Anup Ratna said that the government will challenge the decision in the Supreme Court.