IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP(T) No. 14203 of 2008. Date of Decision : June 27, 2011 Shakti Chand … Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others … Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Karol, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner: Mr. Lalit Kumar Sharma, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. R. K. Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Addl. A.G. and Mr. J. K. Verma, Dy. A.G. for respondents No. 1 and 2. Ms. Sunita Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No. 3. Justice Sanjay Karol, J. (Oral) Petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:- “(i) Annexures A/5 & A/9 may kindly be quashed and set-aside and the respondents may kindly be directed to amend the Recruitment & Promotion Rules by including the category of the applicant towards his promotion to the post of Junior Engineer-Electrical in the manner as suggested in Annexure:A/10. Whether reports of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 (ii) That after amending the Recruitment & Promotion Rules, the respondents may kindly be directed to promote the applicant and give him all consequential benefits thereof.” 2. In the year 1974 petitioner was appointed as an Electrician in the office of Respondent No. 3 and was regularized in the year 1976. It is his grievance that no promotional avenues have been provided for him in the Himachal Pradesh Ministerial/Non-Ministerial-State Municipal Services (Recruitment, Promotion and other Conditions of Services) (Ist Amendment) Rules, 1998. 3. Record does not reveal the manner in which the Rules are either arbitrary or discriminatory qua the petitioner. That apart, the respondents have clarified that the State Government has introduced the Assured Career Progression Scheme and such of those employees who are not promoted to the next level on account of non availability of vacancy at higher level or non existence of promotional avenue in the cadre shall be entitled to the pay scale which is next higher in the hierarchy of the pay scales. The proficiency step up after 16 / 24 years of service is also to be provided to such employees. In the absence of any category of J.E. (Electrical) in the cadre of Municipal Services of the State, the category of the petitioner cannot be included as a feeder category and petitioner is otherwise entitled to the benefits under the Assured Career Progression Scheme which 3 already stand disbursed to him. In this view of the matter no interference in the petition is warranted. Petition stands disposed of accordingly. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice. (Justice Sanjay Karol), Judge. June 27, 2011 (PK)