CWP (T) No. 9475 of 2008. 25.11.2009.Present: Mr. YPS Dhaulta, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. R.K. Sharma, Senior Addl. Advocate General, with Mr. P.K. Sharma, Addl. Avocate General and Mr. Anil Jaswal, Dy. Advocate General, for the respondents. Petitioner has joined his duties as Lecturer in the subject of Political Science in Government Senior Secondary School, Urni, District Kinnaur on contract basis. He was paid gross salary of Rs.7595/-. However, the same has been reduced to Rs.6774/-. Admittedly, the petitioner was not heard before reducing his salary. He has suffered civil and evil consequences since his salary stood reduced. The petitioner has also not been given salary for the vacation period. The respondents have been resorting to give fictional breaks to the petitioner. This issue has already been decided by a Division Bench of this Court in Baldev Singh and others vs. State of H.P. and others, CWP No.415 of 2000 decided on 1st September, 2008. Consequently, the action of the respondents of giving fictional breaks to the petitioner, not paying him the salary for the vacation period and reducing his salary from Rs.7595/- to Rs.6774/- is declared illegal and arbitrary. Accordingly, the respondents are directed to pay the salary of the petitioner for the vacation period, not to give any artificial breaks and also pay the -2- enhanced salary to the petitioner i.e. Rs.7595/-. However, it is open to the respondents to proceed with the matter in accordance with law after hearing the petitioner as far as the reduction of the salary is concerned. The petition stands disposed of. (R.B. Misra), ACJ. 25th November, 2009. (Rajiv Sharma), J. (tr)