IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA C.W.P.(T) No. 18 of 2008 Date of decision: July 29, 2011 P.D. Joshi Petitioner. Versus H.P.State Electricity Board Respondent. Coram The Hon’ble Mr.Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Sharma, Judge For the Petitioner : Mr. Raman Sethi, Advocate For the Respondent: Ms. Anjula Khajuria, Advocate ___________________________________________________________ Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The writ petition is filed with the following prayers:- “(a) Quash the order dated 8.8.2002, Annexure P-7. (b) Restrain the respondent from making any recovery from the petitioner. (c) Direct the respondents to keep on paying the emoluments and to calculate the retiral benefits of the petitioner in accordance with his pay fixation order, dated 24.4.2002, Annexure P-6. “ 2. It is submitted that an identical issue was considered by this Court leading to a common judgment, dated 23rd December, 2009 in CWP(T) No. 16 of 2008, Deep Ram Vs. HPSEB and other connected writ petitions, wherein this Court allowed the writ petitions in the following terms:- 2 “Accordingly, we allow all the twelve writ petitions and quash the Note appearing in Office Order dated 14.3.2002, (Annexure P-7) and also all other Office Orders/letters issued by the respondent-Board withholding the pay scale of Rs. 15800-21100 in respect of the petitioners and direct the respondent-Board to grant the aforesaid pay scale of Rs. 15800-21100 to all the petitioners, which is admissible on completion of sixteen years of service as Assistant Engineers.” 3. We are informed that the matter has attained finality since SLP, filed by the H. P. State Electricity Board was dismissed by order, dated 15th July, 2011 in SLP(Civil) No. 10875 of 2010. Therefore, this writ petition is allowed in terms of the judgment, as extracted above. The writ petition is disposed of, so also the pending applications, if any. Copy dasti. ( Justice Kurian Joseph ), Chief Justice July 29, 2011 (K) ( Justice V.K. Sharma ), Judge