IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP(T) No.6359 of 2008 Decided on : October 5, 2010 Inderjeet Dhawan …Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. and others …Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surjit Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner : In person. For the Respondents : Mr. Ramesh Thakur, Assistant Advocate General, for respondents- State. Surjit Singh, J (Oral) Heard and gone through the record. 2. Petitioner was working as a Junior Engineer in Public Works Department, in the year 1983, when he was granted Selection Grade of 450-500. This Selection Grade was granted with retrospective effect, i.e. 1st January, 1978. Lateron, pay-scales were revised. Pay-scale of Junior Engineers was revised to 400-800 and Selection- Grade to 800-1400. Petitioner’s pay in the unrevised time scale was `400/- on 1st January, 1978. Taking into account that basic pay of `400/-, his pay in the revised time-scale of 700-1200 was fixed at `880/-. Thereafter, he was granted Selection Grade from 1st January, 1978 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? …2… itself and pay in the Selection Grade was fixed at `910/-. His grievance is that he having been granted unrevised Selection Grade of 450-500 earlier, w.e.f. 1st January, 1978, his pay ought to have been fixed by taking into consideration his basic pay at `450/- and if this was done his pay would have been fixed at `970/- in the revised Selection Grade of 800-1400. 3. Respondents in their reply have stated that since revision of pay-scales took place on 1st January, 1978 and the petitioner was granted Selection Grade from that very date, his pay had been fixed initially in the unrevised time-scale of 200-400 and thereafter he was placed in revised Selection Grade. According to them, this was done, according to some instruction of the Government issued in the year 1987. 4. There is a letter dated 3rd July, 1991 on the record. This letter was written by Joint Secretary, Public Works Department, to the Government of Himachal Pradesh. The same was addressed to Chief Engineer (South). As per this letter, pay in the Selection Grade in this kind of situation was required to be fixed in accordance with Para-9 of order dated 10th July, 1983 and that his pay had not been correctly fixed. In the light of this communication, respondent No.2 is directed to revise the pay of the petitioner, in accordance with Para-9 of the …3… order dated 10th July, 1983, regarding revision of pay- scales and to work out the arrears, if any, and pay the same to the petitioner within three months. Pension of the petitioner shall also be refixed accordingly. Writ petition stands disposed of. October 5, 2010(sd) ( Surjit Singh ), J