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10. After dismissal of CWP No. 6916 of 2011, in pursuance to aforesaid decision of Government, services of many PTA teachers were converted on contract basis in January, 2015. This category of teachers shall be referred as 'Category B-I'.

11. Before converting PTA services of all PTA teachers on contract basis, in SLP No. 1426 of 2015 (Civil Appeal Nos.

2813, 2814 and 2815 of 2017) filed before the Apex Court against the judgment dated 09.12.2014, the Apex Court vide order dated 22.01.2015 directed to maintain status quo till orders to the contrary were passed.

appointment and had joined fresh as contract appointees on batch-wise basis or direct recruit through Commission/Selection Board, were permitted to tender resignation from subsequent appointment and further permitted to join their earlier services of on PTA basis, that too, from different posts as, Shamsher Singh, firstly, was posted as PGT (History) as PTA teacher/contract rt through PTA and he resigned from the said post/appointment on 28.01.2019 and joined as TGT (Arts) according to R & P Rules on contract basis, but lateron 11.02.2019, he tendered resignation from subsequent appointment to the post of TGT (Arts) and thereafter he was permitted to join as PGT (History) again, the post from which he had resigned on 28.01.2019, and thereafter all consequential benefits for counting his contract service from January, 2015 were extended to him. Similarly, the same benefits were also extended to Gagan. These facts are also substantiated from office order dated 12.02.2019 issued by Director, Higher Education and 17.08.2020, issued by office of Deputy Director, Elementary Education.

wise/direct recruitment contract. Therefore, teachers of B-I(b) 2025:HHC:33998 category are to be treated like B-I(a) category. Thus, all teachers of B-I category are one and the same class.

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41. Similarly, there is no fault on the part of the teachers of B-II(a) and B-II(b) category either in non-conversion of their PTA service into contract or in shifting from PTA teachers to batch-wise/direct recruit contract appointees. Teachers of these of categories are to be treated like B-I(b) and B-I(a) categories of teachers.

43. Right of the petitioners for conversion as contract teachers had accrued in January, 2015 and for regularisation and extension of service benefits had accrued in the year, 2018, for the decision taken by the State of Himachal Pradesh, but for interim order passed by the Apex Court, the said benefit could not be extended to them. Now, it is also a matter of fact that 2025:HHC:33998 similarly situate persons (B-I(a)) have already been extended the same benefits w.e.f. 01.04.2018. Therefore, vested right has .