IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP (T) No. 5869 of 2008 Decided on : 28.10.2010 S.P. Luthra ..…Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another …… Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Sharma, Judge. For the Petitioners : Mr. L.C. Kapoor, Advocate. For respondents : Mr. R.K. Bawa A.G. with Mr. J.K. Verma, Dy. A.G. Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The petition has been filed with the following prayers:- “(i) That the pay of the applicant may be stepped up and fixed at Rs. 1925/- as on 1.1.1979 and the respondents may be directed to release all the consequential benefits to the applicant which would be accrued due to above fixation of pay. (ii) That the records or the case may kindly be summoned and examined.” 2. In the reply furnished on behalf of respondents in para 6(ii) it is stated as follows: “That it is not a fact that the selection grade has been granted to his junior vide Office Order No. PBW(A)-B(13)-17/94, dated 17.9.96 issued by the F.C.-cum-Secy. (PW) to the Govt. of H.P. Shimla-2. In this record it is submitted that all the 12 Nos. officers listed in the aforesaid order are senior to the applicant who have been brought at par with the pay of Shri L.C. Gupta, at Rs. 1925/- w.e.f 1.1.1979 by way of stepping up under the provisions of F.R.- 27. Moreover the applicant had already been granted the said selection grade w.e.f 1.1.1978 vide Govt. Notification No. PBW(Spl.Cell)2-B(8)- 2 2/88-II, dated 18.4.1994 as such the claim of the applicant to grant him selection grade is wrong and 3. In case the petitioner still has any surviving grievance with regard to the factual and legal position it will be certainly open to him to approach the first respondent in which case the said respondent will look into the matter and take appropriate action in accordance with law and justice and appropriate orders thereon shall be passed within four months. 4. With these observations the writ petition is disposed of so also the pending application(s), if any. (Justice Kurian Joseph) Chief Justice (Justice V.K. Sharma) Judge 28th October, 2010. Lsp*