CWP(T) No.3829/08 (OA No. 1596/96 ) 18.3.2009 Present: Mr. Vikrant Thakur, vice counsel for the petitioner. Mr. R. K. Sharma, Sr. Addl. A.G. with Mr. Vivek Thakur, Addl. A.G. and Mr. Anil Jaswal, Dy. Advocate General for the respondent. The petitioner joined the office of the Controller Printing and Stationery Department as Inker on 7.4.1971. With the passage of time he was regularised and promoted as Tradelman and then Senior Machineman on 24.4.1987. The petitioner was subsequently promoted as Assistant Section Holder with effect from 17.5.1995 after all the procedural formalities had been completed. However, vide order dated 19.10.1996, he was reverted back to the post of Senior Machineman, the post he was holding prior to his promotion. It is this order which has been assailed by the petitioner. The respondents in their reply have explained the position justifying the reversion. The petitioner was promoted as Assistant Section Holder and put on probation for two years. He was found not to have performed his duties to the satisfaction of the authorities and as such was warned in terms of memorandum dated 18.3.1996 (Annexure R-A/II) and 13.11.1996 (Annexure R- A/III). That apart, the petitioner was reverted as a consequence of the reversion of one Shri Ratan Lal to the post of -2- Section Holder (Printing) from the post of General Foreman and in his place Shri Uma Chand Negi, Section Holder (Printing) was reverted to that of Assistant Section Holder (Printing). With the reversion of Shri Uma Chand Negi to the post of Assistant Section Holder (Printing) the petitioner had to be reverted back to his original post as there were only two sanctioned posts of Assistant Section Holder (Printing) with the Department. Hence the petitioner’s reversion has taken on the basis of the review DPC held on 18.10.1996. In this view of the matter no legally enforceable right of the petitioner stands infringed. The petition being devoid of merits is dismissed. CMP(T) 695/2008 Interim order dated 8.11.1996 stands vacated. Application is disposed of. (Sanjay Karol), Judge. March 18, 2009 (PK)