CWP (T) No. 11902 of 2008. 10.12.2009. Present: Mr. Ramakant Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. R.K. Sharma, Senior Addl. Advocate General, with Mr. P.K. Sharma, Addl. Advocate General and Mr. Anil Jaswal, Dy. Advocate General, for the respondents. Petitioner was appointed as Lecturer in the School cadre on contract basis on 28.11.1996. The services of the petitioner were terminated on 28.2.1997. According to Mr. Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner, the case of his client was not considered in view of the policy decision i.e. Annexure A-4. The petitioner has filed OA No. 819 of 2004 before the learned Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal. The same was disposed of on 29.3.2004. The learned Tribunal on 29.3.2004 directed the Original Application to be treated as representation to the Director, Secondary Education with a further direction to decide the same within a period of four weeks after hearing the petitioner. He decided the same on 10.3.2005. The petitioner has not indicated during the course of interview that he was already engaged on contract basis w.e.f. 28.11.1996 to 26.2.1997. It was imperative for him to bring this fact to the notice of the Selection Committee. He was considered against the general category and on the basis of merit, the candidate was appointed. Consequently, there is no merit in the writ petition and the same is dismissed. (R.B. Misra), ACJ. 10th December, 2009. (Rajiv Sharma), J. (tr)