IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 11837 of 2011 Date of decision:- 12.7.2011 Kulwinder Singh and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. Vivek Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) Notice of motion. On asking of Court Mr. Puneet Gupta, Addl.A.G. Punjab accepts notice on behalf of respondents. Counsel for the petitioner is directed to supply copy of petition to State Counsel today itself during the course of the day. The petitioners are claiming the benefit of their seniority, which was fixed on the basis of merit prepared by the Selection Committee. This issue has been decided in “Charan Dass Sharma versus State of Punjab and others” in CWP No.19832 of 1999, decided by this Court on 09.7.2004. Similar proposition has also been considered by the Hon'ble Apex Court in Chairman Puri Gramya Bank v. Ananda Chandro Dass, 1995(1) SCT 546. Legal notice has been issued to the Department (Annexure P-6) dated 16.4.2011. This writ petition is being disposed of by giving direction to the respondents to decide the legal notice (Annexure P-6) by passing a speaking order within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. July 12, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Vijay Asija JUDGE