IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA.

CWPOA No. 6956 of 2020 Decided on: 07.12.2023 ________________________________________________________ Rama Nand Sharma ………... Petitioner Versus H State of HP & Ors . …Respondents Coram:

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vivek Singh Thakur, Judge Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting? ¹ For the petitioner : Mr. Abheyndra Gupta, Advocate.

For the respondents : Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General, with Mr. Varun Chandel, Additional Advocate General, for respondents No. 1 & 2.

Mr. Lokinder Paul Thakur, Central C Government Counsel, for respondent No. 3.

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Vivek Singh Thakur, Judge ( oral)

Petitioner was appointed as Ayurvedic Doctor on contract basis on 30.03.1999 and his services were regularized without interruption and petitioner had retired from the service on 30.09.2014.

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. Issue involved in present petition is no longer res integra and stands settled by various judg