JUDGMENT :

Ranjan Sharma, J.

Notice. Mr. Rajan Kahol, learned Additional Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents.

2. With the consent of the parties, the instant writ petition is taken up for disposal, at this stage, in view of the peculiar facts as borne out from the pleadings.

3. The petitioner has filed the instant writ petition with the following prayer(s):-

“(i) That writ in the nature of mandamus may very kindly be issued, directing the respondents to grant the benefit of higher pay to the petitioner on promotion from the post of Lecturer to the post of Headmaster as per Fundamental Rules 22(1)(a)(1). The pay of the petitioner on the post of Headmaster may be fixed at higher stage vis-à-vis the pay the petitioner was getting on the post of Lecturer at the time of promotion and further pay till date be also re-fixed as such. The petitioner may be extended the benefit of the principles as laid down in judgment dated 07.07.2022, Annexure P-1, passed by this Hon’ble Court in CWP No.842 of 2017 titled as State of H.P. and others versus Sardari Lal and another in favour of the petitioner, with all consequential benefits. Any wrongful recovery