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Petitioner has filed the petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking following relief(s):-

"i) That in view of the above mentioned facts and circumstances, the present writ petition may kindly be allowed and the appointment and selection of respondent No.5 as Part Time Multi Task Worker in Govt. Primary School Khalanoo, Tehsil Kotli, District Mandi contained in result sheet Annexure P-7 may kindly be quashed and set aside by issuing is writ of certiorari.
ii) That the respondents No.1 to 4 may kindly be directed to offer appointment to the present petitioner as Part Time Multi Task Worker in Govt. Primary School Khalanoo, Tehsil Kotli, District Mandi being more meritorious than respondent No.5 by issuing a writ of mandamus."

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that now vide Addendum dated 25th August, 2022, Rule-19 has been added to the Policy and as per the said rule, appeal can be filed before the Additional District Magistrate (ADM) of the District within 15 days of the selection/appointment. In the present case, the result was declared on 9th June, 2022. Hence, the petitioner would not be able to avail the benefit of newly added Rule-19. Learned counsel has further submitted that the petitioner will approach the Additional District Magistrate, Mandi, by way of an appeal within 15 days from .

today and the same should not be rejected by the competent authority on the ground that it is time barred as the Rule 19 has been incorporated on 25th August, 2022.

3. Rule-19, provided vide Addendum dated 25th August, 2022, reads as under:-

" ADDENDUM In partial modification of this Department's Notification No. EDN-C-B(1)2/2019 dated 16th July, 2020 (as updated upto 11th March, 2022), the Governor, Himachal Pradesh is pleased to add "Rule-19 Appellate Authority" in the Part Time Multi Task Workers Policy, 2020 as under: