IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA COPC No. 291 of 2011 Decided on: 19.8.2011 Dr. Madan Lal Sharma …Petitioner Versus Sh. P.C. Dhiman and another …Respondents Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1. No For the petitioner : Mr. D.P. Gupta, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. R.P. Singh, Assistant Advocate . General. Rajiv Sharma, Judge (Oral) : Mr. R.P. Singh, learned Assistant Advocate General, on the basis of instructions imparted to him by Mr. P.C. Dhiman, Principal Secretary (Ayurveda), who is present in person, submits that the petitioner has been appointed and his pay has been fixed w.e.f. 1999. 2. As far as the question of payment of arrears of salary is concerned, a draft of `14,00,000/- has already been prepared. Mr. R.P. Singh, learned Assistant Advocate General submits that the LPA has already been preferred against the judgment dated 16.12.2009, rendered by this Court in CWP(T) No. 2535 of 2008. He seeks the liberty of the Court that till the decision of the LPA, the draft amounting to `14,00,000/- may be permitted to be deposited in the Registry of this Court. The prayer is allowed. The draft is permitted to be deposited in the Registry of this Court. 1 Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? No -2- 3. Since the petitioner has already been appointed and his pay has been fixed, the present petition is rendered infructuous and the same is dismissed as infructuous. Notices issued are discharged. No costs. CMP No. 982 of 2011 Heard. In view of the order passed hereinabove in COPC No. 291 of 2011, the present application is rendered infructuous and the same is dismissed. (Rajiv Sharma), Judge August 19, 2011 (K. Attri)