IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP(T) No.12119 of 2008 Date of decision : December 12, 2011 Dev Raj son of Shri Beli Ram Resident of Village Kundi, Post Office Bairagarh, Tehsil Churah, District Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. …Petitioner. Versus 1. State of Himachal Pradesh through Secretary (HPPWD) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla. 2. The Chief Engineer HPPWD (North) at Dharamshala District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. 3. The Executive Engineer HPPWD Division Chamba, Tehsil and District Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. …Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surjit Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner : Mr. K.B. Khajuria, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. Ramesh Thakur, Assistant Advocate General. Surjit Singh, Judge(Oral) Heard and gone through the record. 2. It is stated by the petitioner, who has been appointed as Beldar, on compassionate grounds, on account of the death of his father, who was work-charge Beldar, that one Jai Ram, whose father too was working as Beldar, has been appointed as Clerk, though Jai Ram’s qualification is the same as that of the petitioner. He also seeks employment as Clerk. Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? …2… 3. Writ petition is disposed of, with a direction to the competent authority to treat the present petition as representation and to decide the same by a speaking order, considering the request of the petitioner that when he too is as much qualified as Jai Ram and the fathers of both of them were work-charge Beldars, he (petitioner) too ought to have been offered the post of Clerk and that by not offering that post, the respondents have acted arbitrarily. Representation shall be decided by the competent authority, in the aforesaid terms, within two months, from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. December 12, 2011(sd) ( Surjit Singh ), J