IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. C.W.P.(T) No. : 4929 of 2008. Decided on: 2nd December, 2010. ____________________________________________________ Daya Ram. …Petitioner. -Versus- H.P. State Electricity Board and another. …Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 No. __________________________________________________________ For the petitioner. : Ms. Ranjana Parmar, Advocate. For the respondents. : Ms. Anjula Khajuria, Advocate. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajiv Sharma, Judge(Oral): Case of the petitioner, in a nut-shell, is that though he has undertaken apprenticeship training with the respondent- Board w.e.f. 1983-1985 in Electrical Division, Mandi, however, he has not been offered appointment. However, neither the petitioner nor the respondent-Board has placed on record the copy of the agreement which was signed between the petitioner and the respondent-Board. 2. However, the respondent-Board has placed on record the copy of the agreement entered into by the Board with one Shri Sushil Kumar. Ms. Anjula Khajuria, learned counsel for the respondents submits that this was the standard agreement entered into by the Board with the candidates, who had undergone apprenticeship. A bare perusal of condition No. 5 of the agreement reveals that it was not obligatory on the part of the Board to offer appointment to the petitioner. Moreover, as per 1 Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment. No. - 2 - Sub-section (2) of Section 22 of the Apprentices Act, 1961, the petitioner could seek employment only if there was an agreement entered into between him and the employer to the effect that he will be offered appointment. This question has been gone into in detail by this Court in Amar Singh Versus Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board and others, CWP(T) No. 4839 of 2008, decided on 21.07.2010. 3. Accordingly, there is no merit in this petition and the same is dismissed. (Rajiv Sharma) Judge December 02 2010. (bhupender) - 3 -