Civil Writ Petition No.5790 of 2010(O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.5790 of 2010(O&M) Date of Decision :08.08.2011 Surinder Kumar Sharma ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT 1. Whether reporters of local news papers may be allowed to see judgment ? 2. To be referred to reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? *** Present: Mr. R.D.Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Sudeepti Sharma, DAG Punjab. * * * SURYA KANT, J (ORAL) The petitioner seeks a direction for regularization of his services on the same post on which he is presently working or to a post having similar grade as his juniors have already been regularized. It is stated by learned State counsel that during the pendency of this petition, the services of the petitioner have been regularized. One or two private respondents, whose services were due to be regularized, have also been regularized. The only issue that survives and requires consideration is the determination of inter-se-seniority of the petitioner and the private respondents by assigning them the actual date of regularization. Since substantial relief has already been granted to the petitioner, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Chief Engineer (South) Punjab-respondent No.2 to call for the records, verify the Civil Writ Petition No.5790 of 2010(O&M) 2 claim of the petitioner and private respondents, hear them in person, if so required and thereafter, pass an appropriate speaking order within a period of six months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. 08.08.2011 (SURYA KANT) savita JUDGE