IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. C.W.P. (T) No. 12642 of 2008. Decided on 30th December, 2010. _____________________________________________________ Prem Lal Sharma. …Petitioner. -Versus- State of H.P. and another. …Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1No. __________________________________________________________ For the petitioner. : Mr. Rakesh Jaswal, Advocate. For the respondents. : Mr. Vinod Thakur, Deputy Advocate General with Mr. R.P. Singh, Assistant Advocate General. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajiv Sharma, Judge (Oral): Case of the petitioner, in a nut-shell, is that his parents have travelled in a tour organized by the Nagaland Tourism Department. The petitioner has been directed to deposit a sum of `11,000/-. 2. Case of the respondent-State in a nut-shell, is that the petitioner’s parents have not travelled in the bus of Nagaland Tourism Department directly. 3. Mr. Rakesh Jaswal, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in fact the bus was hired by the Nagaland Tourism Department and the case of his client is covered under instruction No. 3 of Annexure A/2, at page 25 of the paper-book. A bare perusal of instruction No. 3 makes it abundantly clear that the tours conducted by the ITDC/State 1 Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?. No. - 2 - Tourism Development Corporations either in their own buses or buses hired or chartered by them from outside will be admissible, provided the ITDC/State Tourism Development Corporation certify that the journey has actually been performed by the Government servant and his family members. 4. In this case, it is evident from Annexure R/2 that the tour was organized by the Nagaland Tourism Department and the there is no doubt that the case of the petitioner is covered under instruction No. 3. 5. Accordingly, the petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the case of petitioner as per instruction No. 3 of Annexure A/2 at page 25 of the paper- book, within a period of two months from the date of production of a certified copy of this judgment by the petitioner. No costs. (Rajiv Sharma) Judge December 30, 2010. (bhupender) - 3 - `