SATYEN VAIDYA
Rakesh Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of H. P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SATYEN VAIDYA, J.
1. By way of instant petition, petitioner has prayed for the following substantive reliefs:
(ii) That the pay of the applicant be fixed at Rs. 15,160 as on 15.9.2016 instead of Rs. 14,320.
(iii) That the respondents may further be directed to grant pay band i.e. 10300+34500+3200 Grade Pay w.e.f. 15.9.2013.
(iv) That the respondents may be further directed to grant the applicant actual consequential financial benefits on annual increments from date of promotion i.e. 15.9.2011 in place of notional benefits.
(v) That the order of recovery issued by respondent No. 3 be quashed and set aside”
2. Brief facts necessary for adjudication of the case arethat the petitioner was initially appointed as Part Time Water Carrier in the year 1996. He was converted into whole time contingent worker in June, 2000. The services of the petitioner were regularized w.e.f. 31.10.2000 as Class-IV. During his service as Class-IV, petitioner improved his qualification and passed 10
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