IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10296 of 1990 Date of Decision : April 26, 2010. Piara Lal .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Vikas Chatrath, Advocate and Mr.Sunny Singla, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Charu Tuli, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) In this Civil Writ Petition, the petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to appoint him as a Conductor in Punjab Roadways from the date when the persons lower in merit were allegedly appointed. The aforesaid relief has been sought by the petitioner on the plea that he was declared successful by respondent No.3 in the selection process and was placed at Sr.No.9 in the allocation list but later on the appointment letters were issued on pick and choose basis. The respondents have filed an additional affidavit dated 21.4.2010, inter-alia pointing out that the petitioner was appointed as Conductor and thereafter he requested for change of cadre from Conductor C.W.P.No .10296 of 1990 2 to Clerk and his request having been acceded to, he was appointed as Clerk w.e.f. 30.4.1998 (Annexure R-6). The petitioner is statedly working as Clerk since then. Having been adjusted against the post of Clerk, the apprehension expressed by the petitioner that his services as Conductor shall not be counted towards retiral benefits, is totally mis-placed for the reason that the Government service rendered by the petitioner as a Conductor, though cannot be counted towards seniority etc., but it has to be counted towards `qualifying service' for the purpose of pension and other retiral benefits. In this view of the matter, the writ petition having been rendered infructuous, is disposed of accordingly. April 26, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE