IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA C.W.P.(T) - No. 3683 of 2008 Date of decision: 19. 7. 2010 Ranbir Singh Jamwal …..Petitioner Versus H.P. State Electricity Board & another ……Respondents Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surinder Singh, J. Whether approved for reporting ?1 . For the petitioner: Mr. Ranjan Sharma, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Shashi Shirshu , Advocate. Surinder Singh, J (oral). The petitioner initially joined Armed Forces on 8.3.1968. Thereafter he was released from the said service on 5.3.1973 on medical grounds due to the disability attributed to the Army Services. After that his name was sponsored by the Ex-Serviceman Cell and selected for the post of Upper Division Clerk in the H.P.S.E.B against the vacancy reserved for the Ex. Serviceman. After joining the said post, the petitioner was granted the benefit of approved military service towards seniority, accordingly he was fixed at Sr. No. 25 above Shri P.N. Puri. 2. Precisely, the grouse of the petitioner is that his junior Shri P.N. Puri was promoted as Head Clerk 1 Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?. yes. - 2 - but he was ignored. The petitioner had represented the respondent-Board many a times but no decision was taken. He even also issued notice under Section 80 of the Code of Civil Procedure but it was also not responded as such the petitioner approached the Administrative Tribunal and later this case was transferred to this court on account of its abolition and his O.A. was registered as CWP(T) No. 3683/2008. 3. Now the petitioner stands retired from the service. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner shall feel satisfied in case the respondent-Board considers his case for promotion from the date his junior was promoted to the post of Head Clerk and grant relief if found fit . Request is not opposed. Hence allowed. 4. It is thus directed that the petitioner shall make a representation to the respondent-Board within a period of ten days from today and the respondent- Board shall thereafter consider the representation of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Head Clerk from the date when his junior Shri P.N. Puri was promoted. The mater shall be decided by the respondent-Board; within a period of two months. In case, the petitioner is found fit for promotion, it shall follow the consequences. - 3 - 5. The petition is disposed with the aforesaid directions. Copy dasti to the parties on usual terms. July 19, 2010 (Surinder Singh, J (cm)