COCP No.338 of 2009 -: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP No.338 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: August 27, 2009. Navneet Kaur ...Petitioner(s) v. Shri Karanbir Singh Sidhu & Anr. ...Respondent(s) CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR GARG Present: Shri M.S. Kang, Advocate, for the petitioner. Shri M.C. Berry, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents with Mrs. Harcharanjit Kaur Brar – respondent No.2. ORDER Rakesh Kumar Garg, J. (Oral): In response to the show cause notice issued by this Court, reply by way of a short affidavit of respondent No.2 has been filed in court and the same is taken on record. It has been submitted in the aforesaid affidavit that in compliance of the orders dated 24.7.2008 passed by this Court, order Annexure R-1 has been passed issuing appointment letter to the petitioner as Mathematics Teacher. However, learned counsel for the petitioner has pointed out that as per the directions issued by this Court, the respondents were directed to issue the appointment letter to the petitioner effective from the date a person lower in merit than her had been issued appointment letter. COCP No.338 of 2009 -: 2 :- No such fact has been mentioned in the order Annexure R-1. Shri M.C. Berry, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, on instructions from respondent No.2, who is present in court, states that the seniority of the petitioner shall be fixed with effect from the date a person lower in merit than her was appointed. This satisfies the learned counsel for the petitioner and he does not press further this petition. Rule discharged. However, it is made clear that the seniority of the petitioner shall be fixed over and above the person lower than her in merit with effect from the date such person was appointed. The necessary exercise will be done within two months. The respondents shall also communicate the order fixing the seniority of the petitioner to her. August 27, 2009. [ Rakesh Kumar Garg ] kadyan Judge