1 S.B.CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.8228/2007 Ladhu Lal Suthar v. A.V.V.N.Ltd., Ajmer & Ors. Date of Order :: 20 th November, 2008 HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE GOVIND MATHUR Mr. M.R.Singhvi, for the petitioner. Mr. Manoj Bhandari, for the respondents. .... The petitioner by this petition for writ is claiming for fixation of his pay as lineman w.e.f. 1.4.1974, as per the provisions of the Arbitration Award dated 31.5.1978, commonly known as Singh Sancheti Award, 1978. The respondents considered case of the petitioner and rejected the same on the count that the Deputy Director Personal (Award) vide his letter dated 7.1.1984 subsequently appointed and changed designation of the petitioner workman and as such on the date concerned i.e. 1.4.1974 he was not working as lineman. As a matter of fact the issue involved in this petition for writ is no more res-integra in view of various judgments of this Court such as SBCivil Writ Petition No.72/1985, N.C.Kutty v. Rajasthan State Electricity Board, decided on 29.8.1985 and SBCivil Writ Petition No.5292/2005, Madhusudan v. Ajmer Vidhyut Vitran Nigam Ltd., Udaipur & Ors., decided on 2 9.4.2008. In the case of N.C.Kutty (supra), this Court after considering the letter dated 7.1.1984 issued by the Deputy Director Personal (Award) held that the workman should not have been denied the fixation as per the provisions of the Singh Sancheti Award due to change in designation at subsequent stage. In the instant matter too the case of the petitioner is required to be considered by treating him lineman from the date of his initial appointment. In view of the provisions of the Singh Sancheti Award the petitioner is entitled to be fixed in the pay scale applicable for the post of lineman w.e.f. 1.4.1974. Accordingly, this petition for writ is allowed. The decision of the respondents for not making fixation of the petitioner's pay in the pay scale relating to the post of lineman w.e.f. 1.4.1974 is declared illegal. The respondents are directed to allow the pay scale relating to the post of lineman w.e.f. 1.4.1974. The respondents shall make compliance of the directions given by this Court expeditiously as far as possible within a period of three months from today. No order to costs. ( GOVIND MATHUR ),J. kkm/ps.