IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA CWP No.812 of 2011 Decided on: July 18, 2011 Hans Raj ..Petitioner. Versus State of HP & others .. Respondents Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surjit Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner : Mr. Sanjay Dutt Vasudeva, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. P.M. Negi, Deputy Advocate General with Mr. Ramesh Thakur, Assistant Advocate General. Surjit Singh, Judge (oral) Heard and gone through the record. 2. Petitioner has filed this petition, seeking promotion from the post of Supervisor to the post of Junior Engineer, claiming that Supervisors were one of the feeder cadres for promotion to the cadre of Junior Engineers. Petition was filed in February, 2011, though the petitioner stood retired on 31.7.2010. His plea is that he had made representation in June, 2010, seeking promotion and, therefore, he is entitled to maintain the petition, seeking a direction for promoting him, even after retirement. Whet her report ers of t he l ocal papers may be al l owed t o see t he j udgment ? É2É 3. Petitioner cannot be considered for promotion after his retirement, though he may be entitled to some compensation, if he is able to show and prove that he had been denied promotion, arbitrarily or illegally. 4. Above stated position apart, reply filed by the respondent shows that they (the respondents) had initiated the process for making promotions to the cadre of Junior Engineers from the feeder cadre of Supervisors, when the petitioner was till in service, but this Court, in another matter, had directed that even though the selection process, already initiated, could go on, final result will not be given effect to, without permission of the Court. Court has not granted permission for implementing the result so far. 5. In view of the above stated position, writ petition is dismissed. July 18, 2011(ss) (Surjit Singh), J.