JUDGMENT :

Ranjan Sharma, J.

The petitioner, a Driver in the Respondent Corporation has filed the instant petition, seeking the following relief(s):-

i) Issue a writ of Certiorari, Mandamus or other appropriate writ order or direction as this Hon’ble Court deems fit, quashing the Office Order dated 27.10.2023 (Annexure P-5) qua the Petitioner (Ser.no.3), for all intents and purposes.

ii) Issue a writ of Certiorari, Mandamus or other appropriate writ order or direction as this Hon’ble Court deems fit by directing the respondent No.1 and 2 to allow the petitioner to discharge his duties as Driver at HRTC unit Nahan, District Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh in Public Interest.

iii) That the impugned order dated 27.10.2023 (Annexure P-5) are assailable on other grounds also which would be submitted at the time of hearing of this case.”

2. Precisely the case of the petitioner is that the petitioner was appointed as a Driver, on contract basis, (non-transferrable) in Himachal Road Transport Corporation, Nahan Unit on 9.10.2017. His services were regularized in the same capacity and at the same place on 27.07.2021. While the petitioner was working in Nahan Unit, the respondent no 2 directed the petit