IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA C.W.P. No. 9244/2011 Date of decision: 28.10. 2011 Sardara Singh …. Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others ……Respondents Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. justice Surinder Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting ? For the Petitioner: Mr. Ranjan Sharma, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. R.K Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. Ankush Sood, Addl. Advocate General and Mr. J.K. Verma, Dy. Advocate General. Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The writ petition has been filed with the following prayers: “(i) That the respondents may be directed to release/restore the pay scale of `1640- 2925 to the petitioner from the date of initial appointment and then from the date of regularization as revised from time to time w.e.f. 1.1.1996 and then w.e.f. 1.1.2006 till day as OT/Shastri Teacher; without discriminating the petitioner when, this pay scale has been - 2 - restored and released to Sh. Mohinder Singh and many other similarly placed Shastri/OT teachers as in ground © above; on the basis of the judgments passed by this Hon’ble Court in CWP (T) 2903/2008 vide Annexure P4; LPA NO. 107/2009 dated 30.3.2010 vide Annexure P-5 which also stands implemented as per letter dated 31.7.2010 vide Annexure P6 forthwith. (ii) That the action of reducing the pay scale of the petitioner from `1640-2925 to `1500-2700 illegally may kindly be quashed and set aside. (iii) That the respondents may be directed to restore the pay scale of ` 1640-2925 as revised from time to time, to the petitioner with all consequential benefits forthwith. (iv) That the action of the respondents in not acting upon the legal notice dated 3.10.2011 vide Annexure P7 and in not releasing the benefits in terms of the judgments vide Annexure P4 and Annexure P5 may kindly be held as discriminatory, malafide and illegal.” 2. There will be a direction to the 1st respondent to take appropriate action on Annexure P7 treating the same as representation in accordance with law, within a period of three months from the date of the production of the copy of this judgment along with the copy of the - 3 - writ petition before the 1st respondent, without discriminating the petitioner. 3. The writ petition is disposed of so also the pending application(s), if any. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice (Justice Surinder Singh), October 28, 2011 Judge (cm)