1 S.B.CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.8483/2007 Mahaveer Singh v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. Date of Order :: 5 th September, 2008 HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE GOVIND MATHUR Mr. Mukesh Vyas, for the petitioner. Mr. Ramandeep Singh Sidhu, for the respondents. .... The petitioner has preferred this petition for writ to claim the benefit of Government of Rajasthan notification dated 25.1.1992, as adopted by the respondent University to grant selection grades to its employees on completion of 9, 18 and 27 years of service. It is stated in the petition that though the petitioner was employed with the respondent University on 3/4.2.1994 as Live Stock Assistant in the pay scale of Rs.950-1680, the University is not giving first selection grade on completion of 9 years of service. In reply to the writ petition it is stated that the appointment was given to the petitioner under a project viz. Sheep Breeding Project sponsored by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and as such the notification dated 25.1.1992 is not applicable to him. According to the respondent University only regular employees of the University are entitled for getting selection grades as per the notification 2 concerned. It is also stated by the University that a request was made by the University to the Government of Rajasthan to permit it for grant of selection grades to the employees like petitioner by deleting the condition that their appointment is co-terminus with the scheme in which they are working, however, no response is yet received. The Government of Rajasthan is also party to the proceedings, however, no reply to the writ petition has been filed on its behalf. It is not in dispute that the petitioner was employed under a scheme sponsored by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and still he is working in a project under the scheme concerned. The selection grades under the notification dated 25.1.1992 are granted with a view to remove stagnation in service and that is in lieu of the promotion. The petitioner being an employee of a project under a scheme sponsored by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research is having no avenue for promotion and he is also not a regular employee of the respondent University. In view of it the selection grade as per the notification dated 25.1.1992 cannot be granted to him. However, the petitioner is in employment of the University from last about 14 years and a request has already been made by the University to the State Government to remove the condition regarding currency of appointment of the petitioner subject to continuance of the scheme in which his appointment was 3 made, therefore, the equity demands that the respondent University and the Government should take some decision in this regard expeditiously. Hence, this petition for writ is disposed of with a direction to the respondent University and the respondent State to take appropriate decision within a period of six months from today with regard to proposal made by the University for regularisation of the petitioner's service by removing the condition that appointment of the petitioner shall be co- terminus to the scheme in which he was employed. ( GOVIND MATHUR ),J. kkm/ps.