IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.12311 of 1991 (O&M) Date of decision:22.07.2011 H.P. Puri and another ...Petitioners versus The State of Punjab and others. ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: None for the petitioners. Mr. N.S. Pawar, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, for respondents 1 and 2. None for respondents 3 to 7. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No. 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? No. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? No. ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) The petitioners were initially appointed as Sectional Officer, but after acquiring the requisite qualification for promotion, they claimed that they were promoted as Sub Divisional Officers. The respondents prepared a seniority list which is the subject of challenge in the petition on the ground that the same has been done in violation of Rules 6, 8 and 9 of Punjab Service of Engineers, Class-II Rules, 1967, that says that the seniority is not to be determined on the basis of date of joining in the service. Civil Writ Petition No.12311 of 1991 (O&M) - 2 - 2. There is no representation for the petitioners. The counsel for the State is present and ready. The writ petition is dismissed for default for non-appearance of the petitioners. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE 22.07.2011 sanjeev