IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA Civil Writ Petition No.1364 of 2001. Date of decision: 07.05.2008. All India DRDA Staff Welfare Association & Another. …Petitioners Versus Union of India & Others …Respondents Coram The Hon’ble Mr.Justice Dev Darshan Sud,J. Whether approved for reporting ?1 For the Petitioner: Ms.Sunita Sharma, Advocate. For Respondent-1: Mr.Sandeep Sharma, Assistant Solicitor General of India. For Respondent-2: Ms.Ruma Kaushik, Additional Advocate General. Dev Darshan Sud,J. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner-Association on behalf of the employees of All India District Rural Development Agency. A prayer has been made in the following terms:- (i) That the respondents may be directed to frame Recruitment & Promotion Rules governing the conditions of service of members of the petitioner Association for various posts including Class-I to Class-IV; 1 Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2 (ii) That the respondent No.2 may be directed to stop the practice of sending its employees to DRDAs of its own on secondment or deputation basis to the detriment of existing members of the petitioner Association, who are serving in the DRDAs for more than 20-28 years; (iii) That the respondents may be directed to provide sufficient promotional avenues to the existing employees of DRDAs to enhance their capabilities or in the alternative the respondents may be directed to absorb the members of the petitioner Association in the Department of Rural Development after creating corresponding posts in the Department itself by maintaining the present seniority of the members of the petitioner Association or with a further alternative prayer that a separate cadre for DRDAs staff may be created after safeguarding the interests of the members of the petitioner Association, more particularly with regard to seniority, promotional avenues etc.” It is not disputed before me that the matter is covered by the judgment in Civil Writ Petition No.389 of 2000, titled: Shri Bachittar Singh Guleria vs. District Rural Development Agency and Others, decided on 29th June, 2007, wherein this Court has issued directions to the respondents to frame 3 Recruitment and Promotion Rules for the employees of the District Rural Development Agency and provide the avenues of promotion. This writ petition is, therefore, disposed of in terms of the judgment in Bachittar Singh’s case supra. A direction is issued to the State to implement the directions therein in letter and spirit which shall also cover the case of the petitioners herein. May 7, 2008. (Dev Darshan Sud) (aks) Judge.