Satish Kumar vs HRTC - 2023 Supreme(HP) 361

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2023 Supreme(HP) 361

TARLOK SINGH CHAUHAN, SATYEN VAIDYA
Satish Kumar – Appellant
Versus
HRTC – Respondent

Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. B.S. Chauhan, Sr. Advocate and Mr. J.L. Bhardwaj, Senior Advocates, with Mr. Munish Datwalia, Mr. M.A. Khan Sr. Advocate with Ms. Hem Kanta Kaushal, Mr. R.S. Verma, Mr. Virender Thakur, Mr. Sunil Mohan Goel, Mr. Vinay Sharma, Mr. Manohar Lal Sharma, Mr. Sunil Awasthi, Mr. N.D. Sharma, Mr. V.K. Verma, Mr. Sunil Chauhan, Mr. Jaidev Thakur, Mr. Jai Ram Thakur, Mr. P.M. Negi, Mr. Ashok Kumar, Mr. Kunal Sharma, Ms. Anchal Sharma, Mr. Gambhir Singh, Mr. Hemant thakur, Mr. Anuj Gupta, Mr. Sanjeev Motta, Ms. Kiran Dhiman, Mr. Panku Chaudhary, Mr. Parkash Sharma, Ms. Manisha Sharma, Mr. Gaurav Chaudhary, Ms. Kritika Kumari, Ms. Sonia Saini, Mr. Rajesh Prakash, Ms. Surila Sangam, Mr. Dhairya Sushant, Mr. Prashant Chaudhary, Mr. Bhim Raj Sharma, Mr. Harish Dod, Mr. Varun Chandel, Mr. Balwant Singh Thakur, Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, Mr. Kush Sharma, and Mandeep Chandel, Advocates
For the Respondent:Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. I.N. Mehta and Mr. Yash Wardhan Chauhan, Sr. Additional Advocate Generals and Ms. Sharmila Patial, Additional Advocate General, Mr. Vir Bahadur Verma, Mr. Vikas Rajput, Mr. Ajeet Singh Saklani, Ms. Shubh Mahajan and Ms. Reeta Thakur and Mr. Ajay Kumar Chauhan, Advocates, Mr. Angrez Kapoor, Advocate

JUDGMENT :

Satyen Vaidya, J.

All these petitions are being decided by a common judgment as these involve common questions of facts and law.

2. Respondent No.1 (for short “HRTC”) formulated a scheme known as “Passenger Service Delivery Skill Development Programme” vide notification dated 19.02.2015 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the scheme’) with the object to shift from “prioritizing employment” to “prioritizing employability” in both public and private surface bus transport segment by its capacity building and to inculcate the requisite skills by imparting training as per requirement of the transport industry. Making the skilled force readily available was also underlined as one of its objective.

3. The salient features of the scheme, relevant for adjudication of the issue involved in the instant petitions are as under: -

“6. Eligibility Criteria: An aspirant should possess Matriculation certificate and valid conductor licence at the time of submission of application. To be eligible for getting Skill Development allowance, the annual family income should be less than 2.0 lacs.

13. Benefits. (I) Employability opportunity for skilled man power in private/Govt. Bus Transport sectors in HP &

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2023 Supreme(HP) 361

TARLOK SINGH CHAUHAN, SATYEN VAIDYASatish Kumar – AppellantVersusHRTC – Respondent

Cases Referred (15)

TARLOK SINGH CHAUHAN, SATYEN VAIDYA
Satish Kumar – Appellant
Versus
HRTC – Respondent