CWP(T) No. 5497/2008 CWP(T) No. 5502/2008 30.07.2010 Present: Mr. Ranjan Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. R. K. Sharma, Sr. Addl. A.G. with Mr. Rajesh Mandhotra, Dy. A.G. for the respondents It is the grievance of the petitioner that no promotional avenues are available to him as also other similarly situated employees. 2. In the reply, the respondents-State have categorically stated that the proposal of the Director of Language, Arts, Archaeology and Culture to the Govt. of Himachal Pradesh is pending decision with the Government and the final decision shall be implemented in letter and spirit. It could not be confirmed whether the Govt. has taken a decision or not. 3. The respondents, however, in their reply (para 6(xvii)(j) have stated that they are not bound to provide promotional avenues to the applicant. This stand taken by the State is obviously contrary to the settled position of law as laid down by the Apex Court in A. Satyanarayana & Ors. vs. S. Purushotham & Ors. 2008 (5) SCC 416. 4. Mr. Ranjan Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that his client would be content if a direction is issued to the respondents to decide the matter pending with the Govt. within a reasonable time. Mr. R. K. Sharma, learned Sr. Addl. Advocate General assures the Court that the decision shall be taken expeditiously. Hence, the respondents are directed to take a decision on the matter pending before them within a period of 3 months from the date of receipt of the certified copy of the order. While deciding the petitioner’s case, the observations made by the Apex Court in A. Satyanarayana (supra) shall be taken into account. Needless to add, the contentions of the petitioner and more specifically raised in Annexure A-9 shall be taken into account at the time of taking final decision by the Government. With the aforesaid observations, the petitions stand disposed of. ( Sanjay Karol ), Judge. July 30, 2010 (rana)