JUDGMENT :

Jiya Lal Bhardwaj, J.

By way of the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following substantive reliefs:-

“(i) That a writ in the nature of certiorari may be issued and Annexure P-5 dated 23.04.2009 may kindly be quashed and set aside.
(ii) That a writ in the nature of mandamus may be issued directing the respondents to fix the pay of the petitioner as per the provisions of FR 22(1) (a) (I) at Rs.6600/- as on 21.06.2007 with all consequential benefits of pay arrears, seniority etc. etc. along with interest @9% PA.
(iii) That a writ in the nature of mandamus may kindly be issued directing the respondents to grant the benefit of past service as rendered by the petitioner in the previous department for the purpose of promotion to the of either Headmaster or Lecturer (Maths) and in the alternative, at least petitioner may very kindly be granted the benefit of seniority from the year 1997 when he passed M.Sc. (Maths) as the similar treatment is given to all serving incumbents in the respondent department.”

2. The precise grievance as raised in the writ petition is that the petitioner was earlier appointed as a Constable in the Himachal Pradesh Police Department