JUDGMENT

Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. - Aggrieved by the disengagement orders dated 12.05.2020 (Annexure P-8) and dated 08.05.2020 (Annexure P-10), the petitioner has filed the instant petition for grant of the following substantive reliefs:

"(i) That the disengagement orders Annexure P-8 dated 12-5-2020 and Annexure P-10 dated 8-5-2020 may kindly be quashed and set aside.

(ii) That the respondents may kindly be directed to allow the petitioner to continue his services till the Scheme is completed in 2022, and extend his contract period like other Experts.

(iii) That act and conduct of respondents may kindly be declared as arbitrary and discriminatory. The respondents may kindly also be directed to release the deducted salary of petitioner with interest."

2. The petitioner retired as Senior Law Officer on 31.12.2017 from the Office of the Director, Urban Developmentcum-Mission Director (Nodal Officer), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Palika Bhawan Talland, Shimla, after having served for 37 years in different departments of the State of Himachal Pradesh.

3. Respondent No.3 i.e. National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), Hotel Cedar