IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP (T) No.: 4754/2008 Decided on: 24.06.2010 ______________________________________________________ Jagdish Ram ..…..Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. & others ….…. Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Karol, Judge. For the petitioner : Mr. Lokinder Thakur, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. R.K. Sharma, Senior Additional Advocate General. Sanjay Karol, J (oral) In the reply, the State has stated as under: “It is further submitted that proposal to cover such employees under the existing Recruitment & Promotion Rules applicable under the existing Recruitment & Promotion Rules applicable to the categories to which these employees belong or to frame fresh Recruitment & Promotion Rules have been issued, is under the active consideration of the Department/Government and as such, employees will be promoted to the next post after assigning them seniority in the respective categories after a decision has been taken by the Government to this effect. Therefore, this Hon’ble Tribunal will kindly appreciate that this petition is pre-mature and deserves to be dismissed on the aforesaid grounds”. 2. What action has been taken subsequently has not been placed on record. …2… 3. Thus, without going into the merits of the case, as has been urged by the learned counsel for the petitioner, direction is issued to the respondent-State to take a decision on the matter which is under active consideration. Needful be done within four weeks from the date of receipt of the copy of the order. 4. Liberty granted to approach the Court again if required. 5. With the aforesaid observations, the petition stands disposed of. (Sanjay Karol) Judge June 24, 2010 “BRB”