CWP(T) No. 16710/2008 02.08.2010 Present: Mr. Anand Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. R. K. Sharma, Sr. Addl. A.G. with Mr. Vivek Thakur, Addl. A.G. and Mr. Rajesh Mandhotra, Dy. A.G. for the respondents Petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs: “1. Respondents may be directed to release T.A./D.A. to the applicant, so that he may be able to join his new place of posting in tribal area i.e. in Lahaul and Spiti. 2. Respondents may also be directed to release the salary of the applicant from October 1992 onwards. 3. Record of the case may kindly be called to verify the working of the applicant at Primary Health Centre, Dehar.” 2. There is no dispute that petitioner was posted at Primary Health Centre, Dehar. There is also no dispute that in September, 1992, he was transferred from Primary Health Centre, Dehar to Civil Dispensary, Sagnam in Lahaul and Spiti. Petitioner continued to work at the Primary Health Centre, Dehar between the period 1.10.1992 to 7.10.1992. Thereafter he was relieved in absentia. Petitioner did not join his place of posting at Sagnam. As such, petitioner’s prayer that the respondents be directed to release the salary for the period November and December, 1992 cannot be allowed. Having relieved from the Primary Health Centre, Dehar, he could not have marked his presence in the rolls of Primary Health Centre, Dehar. 3. According to Mr. Anand Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner, no T.A/D.A. has been claimed by the petitioner so far. As such, petitioner shall take appropriate steps for claiming T.A. within a period of 4 weeks from today. The respondents authorities shall process his claim, in accordance with law, within a period of 3 months from completion of the process by the petitioner. With the aforesaid observations, the petition is disposed of. ( Sanjay Karol ), Judge. August 2, 2010 (rana)