IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA CWPT No.11787 of 2008 Date of Decision: December 9, 2011 Naresh Kumar son of Sh. Narip Singh, Resident of Village and Post Office Triloknath, Tehsil Udaipur, District Lahul and Spiti, H.P. ..Petitioner Versus 1. State of H.P. through Secretary (PWD) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh. 2. State of H.P. through Secretary (Rural Development) to the Govt. of H.P. 3. Director Rural Development Department, Govt. of H.P. Himla. 4. Block Development Officer, Keylong, District Lahul and Spiti. 5. Engineer-in-Chief, HP PWD, U.S. Club, Shimla. 6. Superintending Engineer, H.P. PWD, 6th Circle, Kullu, H.P. ..Respondents Original Application under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. 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. __________________________________________ Whet her report ers of t he l ocal papers may be al l owed t o see t he j udgment ? É2É Surjit Singh (oral) Learned counsel, representing the petitioner says that since the services of the petitioner have been regularized, as per affidavit dated 26.4.2011, as clarified by affidavit dated 9.11.2011, matter may be disposed of finally, in terms of letter Annexure A-1, submitted with affidavit dated 26.4.2011. He submits that petitioner is not interested in financial benefits, but for the purpose of seniority and pensionary benefits, he may be treated on par with other 56 Junior Engineers, who on repatriation from Rural Development Department, were allowed to join duty, sometime in the year 2004. 2. In view of the above submission as also the aforesaid affidavits filed by respondent No.6 and Annexures A-1 and A-2, filed with affidavit dated 26.4.2011, writ petition is disposed of, with a direction that petitioner shall be deemed to have been appointed as Junior Engineer, on regular basis, from the same date when 56 other Junior Engineers were appointed, but he shall not be entitled to any actual financial benefits from 15.1.2004 to 3.8.2010, when he did not work. However, aforesaid period from 15.1.2004 to 3.8.2010 shall be counted for the purpose of seniority and pensionary benefits. Petition stands disposed of. December 9, 2011 (ss) (Surjit Singh), J.