IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA Civil Writ Petition No.2608 of 2008. Date of decision: 09.07.2010 Ajeet Kumar & Others … …Petitioners Versus State of H.P. & Others … …Respondents Coram The Hon’ble Mr.Justice Dev Darshan Sud,J. Whether approved for reporting ?1 Yes. For the Petitioners: Mr.Bhuvnesh Sharma, Advocate. For the Respondents: Ms.Ruma Kaushik, Additional Advocate General with Mr.R.P. Singh, Assistant Advocate General. Dev Darshan Sud,J. The petitioners are ex-servicemen whose grievance is that the State is recruiting persons to various posts in the State including the posts available with the respondents, but are not caring for their reservation provided for ex-servicemen in accordance with the Rules and Regulations framed by the State. 2. The petitioners’ grievance is that the Handbook on Personnel Matters, Volume-(1), provides for a complete Code of procedure for advertisement etc., which has been ignored by the State. 3. Learned Additional Advocate General submits that recruitment is made strictly in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and that no vacancies 1 Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgement? Yes. 2 reserved for ex-servicemen have been filled up from amongst them. This fact is disputed. 4. It is not disputed before me that the State has reserved certain percentage of vacancies in various services including posts with the respondents for ex- servicemen. It is also undisputed that the procedure for filling up these vacancies followed by the State is in accordance with the Rules and Regulations in vogue and that the State follows the instructions as contained in the Hand Book on Personnel Matters, Volume-(1), Chapter-18, Clause 18.4.1 amongst other Regulations. 5. In these circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with the directions to the respondents that they shall fill up vacancies reserved for ex- servicemen, if any, in accordance with law and by strictly adhering to the procedure as prescribed by the Rules and Regulations in force as applicable to the various services. Liberty is reserved to the petitioner to approach this Court again in case of non- compliance of the directions issued by this Court. This writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. All interim orders are vacated. All miscellaneous applications are disposed of. July 9, 2010. (Dev Darshan Sud) (aks) Judge.