IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.15543 of 2025 Date of Decision: 26.11.2025 _______________________________________________________ Sh. Pratap Chand …….Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and Others ….Respondents _______________________________________________________

Coram: o Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting? ¹ For the Petitioner: Mr. R.L. Verma, Advocate.

For the Respondents: Mr. Vishal Panwar, Additional Advocate General, for respondents No.1 to 3/State.

Mr. Tek Ram Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.4.

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Sandeep Sharma, Judge (oral)

Petitioner herein, who was initially appointed as a Peon gon daily wage basis in the head office of H.P. State Cooperative iMarketing & Consumers Federation Limited, was regularised as Class-IV on 01.01.1984. On 16.02.2008, services of the petitioner were taken over by the Department of Information Technology, Himachal Pradesh, on secondment basis and finally vide order dated 16.02.2008, he was absorbed in afore department and w.e.f. afore date till his superannuation on 31.10.2019, petitioner served as Peon in the Department of Information Technolo