IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. L.P.A. No.297 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 2.3.2010 State of Haryana. -----Appellant Vs. Narinder Singh & others. -----Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present:- Ms. Ritu Bahri, Sr. DAG, Haryana for the appellant. ----- ORDER: 1. This appeal has been preferred against order of learned Single Judge, upholding the claim of the respondent-writ petitioner for being treated senior to the private respondents on the ground of his having been appointed on regular basis prior to the said respondents. 2. The respondent was appointed on regular basis as Junior Engineer on 21.11.1989 while the private respondents were appointed on adhoc basis and regularised later. Since the private respondents were shown to be senior, respondent No.1 questioned their seniority and filed writ petition. Learned Single Judge allowed the writ petition relying upon judgments of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Chandramohan Pandurang Kajbaje v. State of Maharashtra and others JT 2008(1) 272 and LPA No.297 of 2010 Registrar General of India and another v. Thippa Setty and others (1998)8 SCC 690. 3. We have heard learned counsel for the appellant. 4. It is not the case of the appellant that the judgments relied upon by learned Single Judge are distinguishable nor it is disputed that respondent No.1 was appointed on regular basis while the private respondents were regularized thereafter. 5. There is, thus, no ground to interfere with the view taken by learned Single Judge. 6. The appeal is dismissed. ( ADARSH KUMAR GOEL ) JUDGE March 02, 2010 ( ALOK SINGH ) ashwani JUDGE 2