THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU W.P. No. 24816 of 2004 O R D E R: This writ petition was filed initially seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of respondents in not paying salary from 9.6.2003 till date in the cadre of Junior Lecturer in Hindi as arbitrary and illegal. However, in view of the fact that the respondents have rejected the case of the petitioner for being absorbed him as Jr. Lecturer vide proceedings of 3rd respondent dated 21.2.2005, an amendment was sought for seeking to call for the records relating to the said order and to quash the same as arbitrary and illegal. It appears, petitioner was appointed initially in the year 1978 as Hindi Pandit Grade-II. Subsequently, in the year 1990, he was promoted as Hindi Pandit, Grade-I. When a Lecturer post in Hindi had arisen in Junior College Section, the management sought promotion from the authorities for filling up the said vacancy, by a letter dated 8.9.2001. In turn, the authorities have accorded permission by letter dated 16.11.2002. In view of the same, a duly constituted selection committee selected the petitioner and he was appointed as a Junior Lecturer in the combined institution of High School and Junior College, with effect from 5.5.2003 and he joined as Jr. Lecturer on 9.6.2003. Further, approval of the said appointment was sought vide letter dated 5.6.2003 and reminders were issued on 5.7.2003 and 23.1.2004. However, after filing the present writ petition initially seeking payment of salaries, approval was rejected by an order dated 21.2.2005. Here, it may be necessary to notice that as soon as the case of the petitioner was rejected, petitioner was reverted to the post of Hindi Pandit Grade-I with effect from 21.2.2005. Petitioner was continued in the said post till 30.6.2009 and retired on attaining the age of superannuation, in the post of Hindi Pandit Grade-I. There is no necessity of going into all the details. It is an admitted fact that the case of the petitioner was rejected on the ground that he was not having requisite qualifications for being appointed as a Junior Lecturer in Hindi. The qualification which he had possessed was in fact recognized by the Board of Intermediate earlier, but, however, the same was withdrawn later. In view of that, it may not be necessary to go into the aspect whether the petitioner was eligible for being appointed as Junior Lecturer and whether the rejection order passed by the respondents on 21.2.2005 is valid or not. But, the question remains to be answered is whether the petitioner should have been treated as Hindi Pandit Grade-I during the period 9.6.2003 to 20.2.2005. Admittedly, the institution where the petitioner worked is a combined institution of High School and Junior College together and the Lecturers and the Teachers working in the said institution, teach both in the High School as well as in the Junior College. So far as this aspect is concerned, there is no dispute. But, however, the petitioner was not paid salary from 9.6.2003 to 20.2.2005 either in the post of Grade-I Hindi Pandit for which he was entitled and he was holding or in the cadre of Junior Lecturer to which he was promoted by a duly constituted committee, which was not approved by respondents- authorities. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I am of the considered opinion that the petitioner is entitled for drawing salary as Grade-I Hindi Pandit from 9.6.2003 to 20.2.2005. In the result, writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to treat that the petitioner has worked as Hindi Pandit Grade-I from 9.6.2003 to 20.2.2005 and pay all the salary for which he was eligible as such and settle all his retiral benefits including pay fixation, increments etc. This exercise shall be completed within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order. No order as to costs. JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU. Date: 17-8-2010. MVB.