IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10195 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 27, 2010. Jaswant Kaur Dhillon .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Kapil Kakkar, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner who is a Head Mistress in the Education Department, Government of Punjab, seeks a mandamus to direct respondent Nos.1 & 2 to consider and promote her as Principal w.e.f. the date when her alleged juniors, namely, respondent Nos.3 & 4 have been promoted vide order dated 15.2.2010 (Annexure P-7). It is averred that earlier the promotions were not being made due to an ad-interim stay order passed by this Court which was later on recalled/modified. Thereafter, the respondents constituted a DPC who is said to have considered the promotional claim of the eligible Lecturers/Headmasters/Headmistresses. The petitioner further avers that her name figured at Sr.No.744-A in the seniority of the Headmistresses C.W.P.No .10195 of 2010 2 whereas the names of respondent Nos.3 & 4 are shown at Sr.Nos.1012-A and 1016 respectively. It is also alleged that while the above-mentioned respondent Nos.3 & 4 have been promoted w.e.f. 15.2.2010, the petitioner, who also fulfills the bench mark, has not been considered for promotion. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have represented the authorities on 3.5.2010 (Annexure P-10) but without any response thereto. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition and if the facts, as noticed above, were to be true, respondent Nos.1 & 2 are obligated to consider the name of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Principal. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent Nos.1 & 2 to consider and dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 3.5.2010 by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Suffice it to say that if the petitioner is found entitled, she shall be granted the promotion within stipulated period from the due date with all the consequential benefits. Dasti. May 27, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE