IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP-T No. 8279/2008 Decided on:14.7.2010 _____________________________________________ Rajesh Kapatia and others. …Petitioners. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another. …Respondents. _______________________________________________________ Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 No. For the petitioners : Mr. Ajay Mohan Goel, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Vikas Rathore, Dy. Advocate General. ____________________________________________________ Rajiv Sharma, Judge (oral). Mr. Ajay Mohan Goel has confined his submission to the extent that there ought to be promotional avenues to his clients. Case of the petitioners, in a nutshell, is that no promotional avenues are available to their category since they have been segregated from the main stream. Petitioners are working as Vocational Lecturers. It is settled law by now that there should be avenues for promotion for every employee to improve public service and to reduce stagnation and avoid frustration amongst the employees. 1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? No. 2 Their Lordships of Hon’ble Supreme Court in Food Corporation of India and others Vs. Parshotam Das Bansal and others, (2008) 5 SCC 100 have held that the higher Courts can issue directions to the State/employer to frame a scheme for providing promotional avenues to these categories who have been deprived of this privilege. In Satyanarayana and others versus S. Purushotham and others, (2008) 5 SCC 416 their Lordships of the Hon’ble Supreme Court have held that the purpose of promotion is to remove stagnation and avoid frustration amongst the employees. Accordingly, in view of the observations made hereinabove and the definitive law laid down by their Lordships of Hon’ble Supreme Court, the petition is disposed of with directions to the respondents to frame a scheme for providing more promotional avenues to the cadre of the petitioners. Needful be done within a period of sixteen weeks from today. There shall, however, be no order as to costs. (Rajiv Sharma), Judge 14.7.2010 *awasthi*