CWPOA No.5101 of 2020 Date of Decision: September 6,P 2023 Dr.Kuldeep Sharma .…Petitioner.

Versus The State of Himachal Pradesh & another ..Respondents.

Coram:

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vivek Singh Thakur, Judge. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bipin Cthander Negi, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?, [IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA] Yes For the Petitioner: Mr.Bonit Thakur, Advocate, vice Mr.A.K.

Gupta, Advocate.

For the Respondents: Mr.Rakesh Dhaulta, Additional Advocate General, for the respondents.

Vivek Singh Thakur, J (Oral)

Petitioner was appointed as Ayurvedic Doctor on contract basis in the year 1999 and his services were regularized on 25.11.2008 without interruption and petitioner has retired Hfrom the services on 31.03.2015.

2. Petitioner has approached this Court seeking direction to the respondents to grant him pension and other retiral benefits by counting entire service towards qualifying service for the purpose of pension.

3. Earlier petitioner had filed O.A. No.3415 of 2017, titled as Veena Devi vs. Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd. and another, seeking the same relief, before the erstwhile H.P. State Administrative Tribunal, which was disposed of by th