CWP (T) No. 12545/2008 26.02.2011 Present: Mr. Ranjan Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. R. M. Bisht, Dy. A.G with Mr. Vinod Thakur, Dy. A.G. for the respondents It is not disputed at the bar that matter in issue is squarely covered by the decision rendered by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in Ramesh Chand vs. State of H..P. & Ors., CWP(T) No. 3688 of 2008, decided on 14.7.2009, copy of which is taken on record. 2. Earlier decision taken by this Court in Tirath Raj & Ors. vs. H.P. State Electricity Board & Ors., 1989 (2) Sim.L.C. 350 stands reiterated. 3. In Ramesh Chand (supra), the Court issued the following directions:- “14. In light of above discussion, the respondent No.1 is directed to consider the case of the petitioner for relaxation, if required, for appointment as Clerk under direct or promotion quota within a period of two months from the date of availability of post of Clerk under direct or promotion quota and thereafter, respondent No.2 within a further period of one month shall consider to appoint the petitioner as Clerk on the post of clerk in direct or promotion quota as the case may be. The petitioner is also entitled to wages / salary at the minimum of the scale of Clerk from 28.6.1985 onwards till he was required to perform the work of Clerk without any increments, the petitioner shall be entitled to the corresponding dearness allowance and additional dearness allowance of Clerk, if any, payable thereon after adjusting the wages / salary already paid to petitioner. The respondents No.1, 2 shall calculate the difference of wages payable to petitioner as Clerk and shall pay the same to petitioner within a period of four months from today, failing which interest at the rate of 9% per annum on such arrears shall also be paid by respondents No.1, 2 to petitioner. On above terms, the petition is disposed of. No costs.” 4. It is not in dispute that case of the petitioner is similar. Consequently, directions issued in Ramesh Chand (supra), to the extent applicable to the facts of the petition, shall apply mutatis mutandi. Difference in salary between the posts of Projectionist and Sr. Statistical Assistant/ Statistical Assistant from December 1997 till October, 2005 shall be paid to the petitioner within a period of four months from the date of receipt of the certified copy of the order. All consequential actions shall follow. 5. With the aforesaid observations, petition stands disposed of. February 26, 2011 ( Sanjay Karol ), (rana) Judge.