1 S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.2708/06 Narain Swarup Sharma Vs. State & Anr. Date of Order : 07/04/2006 Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Rastogi Mr. Rajendra Prasad Sharma, for petitioner The petitioner as per order of this court dt.13th September, 1996 passed in C.W. No.970/96 was ordered to be appointed on the post of Printer Gr.II w.e.f. 6th February, 1996 and so also extended the notional benefits and his seniority from the said effective date. As per circular of the Government for grant of first selection scale, 9 years of service is required from the date of initial appointment. The respondents vide order dt.7th March, 2006 [Ann.5] disposed of his representation dt.18th March, 2005 on the premise that since the petitioner has not completed 9 years of service, as such the benefit of selection scale cannot be extended to him and it was further observed that on completion of 9 years of service, his matter be again sent to the Directorate for consideration for grant of selection scale. In my opinion, the petitioner has now completed 9 years of service from the date of his appointment 2 as Printer Gr.II w.e.f. 6th February, 1996 he will be free to make a fresh representation to the competent authority, who will consider and dispose of the same within a period of two months from the date of furnishing representation in accordance with law. With the above observations, the writ petition stands disposed of. [Ajay Rastogi],J. FRB