[1] S.B.CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.6385/2005 Shokat Ali Vs. State of Rajasthan & Another DATE OF ORDER: 02.04.2008 HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE GOPAL KRISHAN VYAS Mr. N.L. Joshi for petitioner Ms. Pratishta Dave for respondents. In this writ petition, it is contended by the petitioner that he was initially appointed on 13th February 1988 on daily rate basis as motor vehicle Driver and he worked upto 8th March, 1990 and during that period he was getting salary @ Rs.22/- per day. The services of the petitioner were retrenched on 9th March 1999 without following the procedure laid down under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, therefore an industrial dispute was raised by the petitioner. After failure report, the matter was referred to the appropriate Govt. for reference and appropriate Govt. after due trial passed award dated 13th June 2001 whereby the petitioner was reinstated with 30% back wages. The contention of the petitioner is that in pursuance of awarded he was reinstated in service and thereafter he made [2] a prayer for grant of regular pay scale for the post upon which he was provided appointment. Respondent No.2 Municipal Council, after considering the case for grant of the regular pay scale, sent the matter to the Director, Local Bodies, Jaipur for approval. The first communication was sent vide Annex.3 dated 17th November, 2004. Thereafter, vide Annex.4 dated 25th February 2005 again the matter was referred to the Govt. for approval to grant the regular pay scale of Driver to the petitioner but till date no approval has been given and the matter is pending before the State Govt. The learned counsel for the petitioner, while submitting arguments, showed a letter dated 28th November 2006 by which also the reminder was sent to the Director, Local Bodies, Rajasthan, Jaipur but till today no final decision has been taken by the Director, Local Bodies for granting approval of regular pay scale. In these circumstances, I deem it just and proper to direct the Director, Local Bodies, respondent No.1 to take final decision for the purpose of approval to grant regular pay scale to the petitioner within one month from submitting of the certified copy of this order. The respondent No.2 is directed that in the event of granting approval by the State Govt., the said benefit shall be [3] extended to the petitioner as per the approval granted by respondent No.1. With these directions, the writ petition is disposed of. (GOPAL KRISHAN VYAS) J. jpa/35