IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA. CWP No. 2124 of 2007. Reserved on: 17.12.2009. Decided on: 28.12.2009. Shashi Kiran. …Petitioner. versus State of H.P. and another. …Respondents. Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.B. Misra, Acting Chief Justice. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? No. For the Petitioners : Mr. Tarlok Chauhan, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. R.K. Sharma, Senior Additional Advocate General with Mr. J.K. Verma and Mr. Anil Jaswal, Deputy Advocate Generals. Petitioner has obtained Diploma in Hindi language from Hindi Sahitya Sammalen, Paryag, Allahabad. She applied for the post of Language teacher to be filled up by the Parent Teachers Association. The Diploma obtained by the petitioner is not recognized by the State of Himachal Pradesh for the purpose of employment. The Recruitment and Promotion Rules governing the post of Language Teacher require the candidate to be Prabhakar (Honours in Hindi) with matric (full subject) and Language Teacher training or JBT two years training from the recognized University/ Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? No. -2- Institution. The State Government has got the matter enquired and it was found that the Diploma obtained by the petitioner was not recognized. It is in these circumstances that the grant-in-aid has not been released to the petitioner towards salary. The question whether the qualification obtained by the petitioner is duly recognized or not for the purpose of employment has been gone into by this Court in a judgment dated 23.12.2009 rendered in CWP No.12021 of 2008 titled Duni Chand vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others. Accordingly, there is no merit in the writ petition and the same is dismissed. (R.B. Misra), ACJ. 28th December, 2009. (Rajiv Sharma), J. (tr)