Civil Writ Petition No. 14019 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 14019 of 2011 Date of decision:-05.08.2011 Lakhwinder Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. G.P.S. Bal, Advocate for the petitioner. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) Challenge is to the order dated 22.3.2011 (Annexure P-12) by the Committee set up by the State Government in pursuance to the order passed by this Court in the case of 'Ranjit Singh and others versus State of Punjab and others' in Writ Petition No.566 of 2010. Case of the petitioner was considered in compliance of the writ petition, which was disposed of on 3.5.2010. The Committee has observed in the order that the petitioner was asking for retention of his Local Ranks of ASI, granted under Rule 13.2A of the Punjab Police Rules. The petitioner was granted Local Rank on 17.1.2005 as per the decision of the Committee in ASI (Local Rank) Rajesh Kumar versus State of Punjab in which the decision has been taken to review for grant of Local Rank of ASI on a six monthly basis. The petitioner has referred to the regular promotion order dated 28.1.2005 (Annexure P-4) by which he has been given regular promotion as Assistant Sub Inspector exercising powers under Section 13.21 of Punjab Police Rules on account of exemplary outstanding performance against anti-social elements. The Civil Writ Petition No. 14019 of 2011 -2- Local Rank which was given to the petitioner on 17.1.2005 was under Rule 13.2A of Punjab Police Rules. The petitioner was aggrieved subsequently by the order dated 02.2.2006 (Annexure P-7) whereby the regular promotion granted vide order dated 28.1.2005 has been withdrawn. The precise grievance was that about 15 persons junior to him have been allowed to continue with their promotions given by invoking powers under Rule 13.21. He has given reference to a similar order dated 01.2.2006 (Annexure P-13) issued by the Senior Superintendent of Police, Moga. This aspect of withdrawing the regular promotion granted to the petitioner and retaining the same qua the juniors has not been looked into by the Committee while passing the order (Annexure P-12). The order dated 22.3.2011 is set aside. It is directed that the matter is remitted back to the Committee to examine the case of the petitioner in view of the regular promotion granted to him on 28.1.2005 vide Annexure P-4 and subsequently withdrawing this benefit while retaining the same to the persons junior to him as explained in the contents of this writ petition within four months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. August 05, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Vijay Asija JUDGE