IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP (T) 12338 of 2008. Decided on: May 19, 2011. Nisha Vaidya …Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. & another …Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surjit Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner Mrs. Ranjana Parmar, Advocate. For the respondents Mr. R.P.Singh, Asstt. AG. Surjit Singh, Judge (oral) Heard and gone through the record. 2. Petitioner was working as Lecturer in a private college, known as Pandit Amar Nath Smark Mahavidyalaya, Joginder Nagar, when, vide notification dated 4.5.1994, that college was taken over by the Government of H.P., alongwith its staff. All the staff members were assigned seniority and were held to be entitled to the benefit of pay fixation, from the date of taking over of the college, i.e. 4.5.1994, vide order dated 6.2.1997, copy Annexure A-5. Petitioner’s name was omitted from that order. Another order was issued on 19.6.1998, copy Annexure A-1, by which services of the present petitioner, alongwith one Shri Dharmvir Singh, were Whet her report ers of t he l ocal papers may be al l owed t o see t he j udgment ? - 2 - also taken over, w.e.f. 4.5.1994. However, benefit of pay fixation from 4.5.1994 was given only to Dharamvir Singh and not to the present petitioner. She made representations, but to no avail. Then she filed an Original Application before the erstwhile H.P. State Administrative Tribunal. On abolition of that Tribunal, matter came to this Court and was re-registered as CWP(T) 12338 of 2008. Relief claimed by the petitioner is that like other employees, whose services were taken over, she be also given the benefit of seniority and pay fixation from 4.5.1994. 3. In their revised reply dated 10.5.2011, filed by the respondents, it is stated that notification has been issued on 22.5.2007, taking over the services of the petitioner from 4.5.1994 and giving her the benefit of applicable pay scale from that date and that the matter regarding her pay fixation from the aforesaid date, i.e. 4.5.1994, is under process. 4. In view of the aforesaid reply, matter is disposed of with the direction to the respondents that formal orders of fixing seniority of the petitioner and giving her benefit of pay fixation from 4.5.1994, be issued within three months, from today and the arrears of pay, on account of such re-fixation, be paid to her within next three months. It is also directed that if on re-fixation of her seniority, petitioner becomes entitled to any other benefit, like grant of some higher pay scale or promotion, she will be considered for such benefits also, within three months from - 3 - the date of issuance of formal orders of fixation of her seniority and pay. May 19, 2011 (PC) ( Surjit Singh ), J.