IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.15376 of 2010 Date of Decision: August 27, 2010 Gurdial Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. R.K. Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. This civil writ petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondents to consider and promote the petitioner to the post of Principal in PES-II Group-A Cadre from the date persons junior to petitioner namely respondent Nos.4 and 5 have been given promotion w.e.f. 15.2.2010. 2. Notice of motion. 3. Mr. J.S. Puri, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, on the asking of the Court, accepts notice on behalf of respondent Nos.1 to 3. Requisite number of copies of the petition have been given to the learned counsel for the respondents in Court. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn the CWP No.15376 of 2010 [2] attention of the Court towards Annexure P-5 to say that name of petitioner, Gurdial Singh, has been recommended for promotion. It has been brought out that the entries recorded in Annual Confidential Reports as indicated in Annexure P-5 also make the petitioner suitable for promotion. The petitioner is scheduled to retire in April 2011. 5. Considering the totality of facts and circumstances of the case, respondent No.1, Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Education, is directed to consider a copy of this petition as representation on behalf of the petitioner and take a decision thereon in the context of claim of the petitioner for promotion from the date persons junior to the petitioner namely respondent No.4 (Kamal Kishore) and respondent No.5 (Birbal Singh) have been promoted to the post of Principal. Decision be taken within six weeks of receipt of certified copy of this order. 8. Copy of the order be given dasti on payment of usual charges. (AJAI LAMBA) August 27, 2010 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?