IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP (T) 12579 of 2008. Decided on: September 14, 2011. Hem Chand …Petitioner. Versus Vice Chancellor, CSK, HPKVV. …Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surjit Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner Ms. Archna Dutt, Advocate. For the respondents Mr. Lokender Thakur, Advocate. Surjit Singh, Judge (oral) Petitioner was appointed as Boiler Operator-cum- Lab Assistant, in the pay scale of Rs.950-1800, vide letter dated 24.4.1992, copy Annexure PC, on the establishment of respondent, i.e. Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar, H.P.Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya. He has filed the present writ petition, seeking the pay scale of Boiler Operator, as according to him, he has been discharging the duties of Boiler Operator. Though there is no post of Boiler Operator in the respondent University and the post is only of Boiler Operator-cum-Laboratory Assistant, petitioner’s plea is that he should be given the pay scale of Boiler Operator, as available to the holders of such posts in H.P. University and other Universities. Claim is based on ‘equal pay for equal work’. Whet her report ers of t he l ocal papers may be al l owed t o see t he j udgment ? - 2 - 2. Respondents, in their reply, have stated that petitioner was appointed as Boiler Operator-cum-Lab Assistant, in the pay scale of Rs.950-1800, and he has been working in the said pay scale ever since. 3. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner, as also learned counsel, representing the respondents and gone through the record. 4. Counsel representing the petitioner, submits that it is conceded / admitted by the respondent, in its communication, copy Annexure R-IV, written to the petitioner in response to one of his representations, that he had been discharging the duties of Boiler Operator. A reading of Annexure R-IV suggests that petitioner sought promotion, in accordance with Recruitment and Promotion Rules of respondent University, to the post of Technical Assistant, Grade II. While rejecting his representation, though it was mentioned in the letter that petitioner had been appointed as Boiler Operator, yet he and the persons appointed in the pay scale of Rs.950-1800, were not eligible for promotion to the post of Technical Assistant, Grade II. A mention in the aforesaid letter, Annexure R-IV, that petitioner was appointed as Boiler Operator, would not negative the appointment letter, Annexure PC itself, which says that he had been appointed as Boiler Operator-cum-Laboratory Assistant, in the pay scale of Rs.950-1800. In any case this letter R-IV nowhere says that the petitioner was discharging the duties of Boiler Operator. - 3 - 5. Recruitment and Promotion Rules, copy of which has been placed on record as Annexure R-I, also shows that there is no post of Boiler Operator, on the establishment of respondent-University. The post is of Boiler Operator-cum- Laboratory Assistant, in the pay scale of `950-1800 which the petitioner is getting. 6. In view of the above stated position, I see no merit in the present writ petition. The same is, therefore, dismissed. September 14, 2011 (PC) ( Surjit Singh ), J.