IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. COPC No.300/2011 Decided on:14.12.2011 _____________________________________________ Manu Bala wife of Amandeep Sharma resident of village Matwar Post Office Jalari, Tehsil Nadaun, District Hamirpur, H.P. …Petitioner. Versus 1. Shri Srikant Baldi, Principal Secretary Education, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, H.P. 2. Sh. Rajeev Sharma, Director of Elementary Education, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, H.P. …Respondents. Contempt petition (civil) under Article 215 of the Constitution of India read with section 10 & 12 of the Contempt of Court Act, 1971, with a prayer that the contemnors/ respondents may kindly be punished for willful disobedience of the order passed by this Hon’ble Court dated 6.4.2011 passed in CWP No. 1750/2009 titled as Manu Bala vs State of H.P. and others. ________________________________________________________ Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner : Mr. Onkar Jairath, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Ankush Sood, Addl., A.G. with with Mr. J.K. Verma, Dy. A.G. _____________________________________________________ Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge (oral). 1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 According to the petitioner, judgment dated 6.4.2011 rendered by learned Single Judge in CWP No. 1750/2009 has not been implemented by the respondents. Petitioner has passed her B.Com examination in the year, 2000 and has obtained B.Ed. degree in the year 2008. It has come in the personal affidavit filed by Sh. Rajeev Sharma that the petitioner belongs to general category quota. However, one Sh. Udayvir has been appointed against general category belonging to 1984 batch. Similarly, S/Sh. Bhagwan Dass and Mohinder Pal have been appointed under OBC/IRDB and OBC category belonging to 1991 batch, respectively. The respondent-State has cleared the backlog upto 1988 as far as batch-wise recruitment in general category of Trained Graduate Teacher is concerned. Since the petitioner belongs to 2000 batch, her case could not be considered by the respondents. Consequently, there is no willful disobedience by the respondents of the judgment dated 6.4.2011. 2. Accordingly, the present petition is closed. Notice is discharged. No costs. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice. (Justice Rajiv Sharma), Judge. 14.12.2011 *awasthi*