ORDER :

The petitioner was appointed as Conductor on 10.09.1982 in the respondent-Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) in the pay scale of Rs.400-600/-. The revision of pay scale was carried out w.e.f. 01.01.1986. After the revision of pay scales in the year 1986, the petitioner was fixed in the pay scale of Rs.950-1800/-. The pay of the petitioner was fixed at Rs.1000/- per month w.e.f. 01.01.1986 with next date of increment as 01.09.1986.

A fire broke out in the regional office of the respondents at Dhalli in the year 1989. A lot of record of the respondent-Corporation was gutted in the fire including the service record of the petitioner.

2. Since the service record of the petitioner was gutted in fire, the respondent-Corporation in an attempt to reconstruct the record, asked the petitioner to furnish an affidavit with respect to his service details including his basic pay and allowances etc. The affidavit as directed by the respondents, was furnished by the petitioner on 21.06.1990. Following details were given by him in the affidavit:-

“I, Gurcharan Singh Son of Shri Bilb