IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA CWPT No.10432 of 2008 Date of Decision: December 7, 2011 1. Seema Sharma, wife of Shri Sunil Kumar Sharma, village Dal (Gohar) P.O. Gohar, Tehsil Chachiot (Gohar), District Mandi, H.P. 2. Chetan Lata, D/o Shri Kanshi Ram Kaushal, Vill. & PO Janjehali, Tehsil Chachiot (Thunag), Distarict Mandi, HP. Versus 1. State of Himachal Pradesh through Principal Secretary (Education) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla-171002 2. The Director of Education, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla-171001. 3. The Principal, Sarswati Senior Secondary School, Gohar, District Mandi, H.P. ..Respondents Application under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surjit Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner: Mr. Surinder Sharma, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Ramesh Thakur, Assistant Advocate General. __________________________________________ Whet her report ers of t he l ocal papers may be al l owed t o see t he j udgment ? É2É Surjit Singh, Judge (oral) Heard and gone through the record. 2. Petitioners had been working in Sarswati Senior Secondary School, Gohar, from the year 1995 to 2002, when the school was upgraded. On account of up-gradation of the school, petitioners’ services became surplus and were, therefore, dispensed with. A reference was made by the Deputy Director Education, vide Annexure A-4, to the Director Education i.e. respondent No.2 herein, for accommodating the staff that had become surplus. Petitioners’ claim is that they fulfill the requisite qualification and, therefore, they deserve to be accommodated. 3. No order has been passed on Annexure A-4, the letter dated 19.2.2002, written by the Deputy Director to the Director, whereby statement of left out staff of the aforesaid school was sent to the Director Education (respondent No.2). So, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2, Director of Education, to pass appropriate order on Annexure A-4, the letter dated 19.2.2002, addressed to him by the Deputy Director, forwarding therewith the list of left out staff of the school, in question. Respondent No.2 (Director Education) shall pass a speaking order on the aforesaid letter Annexure A-4, within two months from the date of receipt of this order by É3É him and before passing order, he shall afford an opportunity to the petitioners to make representation or to be heard in person, in support of their claim for being accommodated them in some other school. Copy Dasti. December 7, 2011 (ss) (Surjit Singh), J.