IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP (T) No. 10056 of 2008 Decided on: 8th July, 2011. Kuldeep Chand. Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. & others. Respondents Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Sharma, Judge. For the Petitioner. : None. For the Respondents : Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General, with Mr. J.K. Verma, DAG, for respondents No. 1 and 2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The petitioner has approached this Court with the following prayers: “(i) That the seniority list of Assistant Child Development Project Officers (Annexure A-9), notification dated 3.9.1997 (Annexure A-10) and letter/order dated 26.11.1997 (Annexure A-11) may kindly be quashed. (ii) That the respondents No.1 and 2 may kindly be directed to consider and promote the applicant to the post of Child Development Project Officer w.e.f. 3.9.1997 when immediate juniors to the applicant have been promoted to the posts of Child Development Project Officers, along with all consequential benefits.” 2 2. In the reply filed by respondents No.1 and 2, it is stated as follows: “6 (b&c) The averments have already been made in the preceding paras that promotion to the post of Child Development Project Officer has been made on purely on adhoc basis for a period of 6 months or till the posts are filled up on regular basis. Thus, no violation of rules has been made in the promotion to the post of Child Development Project Officer. The plea taken by the applicant that he was promoted as Asstt. Child Development Project Officer in the year 1989 has no relevancy because the applicant had been promoted on ad hoc basis for a period of 6 months or till the finalization of R&P Rules. The R&P Rules of Asstt. Child Development Project Officer were finalized in the year 1996 and regular DPC was held on 18.101996 according to which applicant’s claim fell under 40 point roster at serial No.23. On the recommendation of DPC for the post of Asstt. Child Development Project Officer held on 18.10.1996, the final seniority list was circulated and applicant has been rightly placed at serial No.23 in the seniority list of Asstt. Child Development Project Officers but the applicant has not represented regarding his grievances about seniority.” 3. There is no rejoinder to the reply. In case the petitioner has still any grievance left, it will be open to the petitioner to approach the first respondent in which case the first respondent will examine the matter with notice to the petitioner and the affected parties and take action in accordance with law within a period of four months from the date of production of a copy of this judgment along with a 3 copy of the writ petition by the petitioner before the first respondent. 4. The writ petition is disposed of, so also the pending applications, if any. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice 8th July, 2011. (Justice V.K. Sharma), (tr)` Judge. 4