IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA CWP(T) No.4575 of 2008. Date of Decision: 16th August, 2010. Rajesh Kumar and others …Petitioners. Versus. State of H.P. and another …Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr.Justice Deepak Gupta, Judge. Whether approved for Reporting? No For the Petitioner(s): Mr.Lovneesh Kanwar, Advocate. For the Respondent(s): Mr.Vivek Singh Thakur, Addl.A.G. for respondent No.1. Mr.D.K. Khanna, Advocate for R-2. Deepak Gupta, J.(oral) The Petitioners by means of this writ petition have prayed for the grant of the following amongst other reliefs: “(i) That the respondents may be directed to appoint the applicants to the posts of clerical nature for which they successfully passed their tests and have already sent their options against the vacant posts. (ii)That the respondents may be restrained from filling up 50 posts of clerical nature (Clerks) from the tests to be conducted by the respondent No.2 in the month of November, 1997. (iii)Any other or further order to which this Hon’ble Tribunal may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances explained hereinabove also be passed in favour of the applicants.” It is not disputed that many other petitions were filed in which similar reliefs were claimed. Some of these were O.A. No.192 of 1997 and O.A. No.2064 of 1997, both of which were dismissed by the learned Tribunal. In fact CWP No.87 of 1998 2 arising out of O.A. No.2064 of 1997 was dismissed by this Court on 30.4.1998. It is also not disputed that the life of the panel was only one year and the same cannot be extended. Consequently, no direction can be issued to consider the case of the petitioners for appointment at this stage. The petition is accordingly dismissed. There will be no order as to costs. August 16, 2010 ( Deepak Gupta ) PV Judge.