CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.12867 of 2007 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.12867 of 2007 DATE OF DECISION: NOVEMBER 8, 2010 Hari Chand Parkash .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH. PRESENT: Mr. N.K. Malhotra, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr.DAG, Haryana, for the State. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioner has been promoted as Workshop Instructor w.e.f. 2.8.1994. He claims the promotion in preference to respondent No.4-Kapil Gupta. As per the petitioner, he entered into service on 23.7.1987, whereas Kapil Gupta was appointed in the year 1992. Mr. Rathee points out that respondent No.4-Kapil Gupta was directly appointed as Workshop Instructor on 22.7.1992 and at that time the petitioner was working as carpenter. The petitioner has been promoted as Workshop Instructor in the year CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.12867 of 2007 -2- 1994. Even respondent No.4-Kapil Gupta belongs to General category, whereas the petitioner is from B.C. Category. The petitioner can, thus, not seek parity with respondent No.4. In this view of the above, no case for any grant of retrospective promotion to the petitioner is made out. Dismissed. November 08, 2010 ( RANJIT SINGH ) monika JUDGE