IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3469 of 2010 Date of Decision : February 26, 2010. Tota Ram .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Kuldeep V.Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to consider his claim for promotion to the post of Lineman from the date when his alleged junior, namely, respondent No.6 was promoted, i.e., w.e.f. 4.7.1986. While the petitioner asserts that the 6th respondent is junior to him, the official respondents appear to have taken a stand that respondent No.6 is senior to the petitioner. Be that as it may, in such a situation, it would have been more appropriate for the respondents firstly to decide the inter-se seniority dispute and then consider the promotional claims. C.W.P.No .3469 of 2010 2 The writ petition is accordingly disposed of at this stage with a direction to the official respondents to take cognizance of the legal notice dated 27.11.2009 (Annexure P-7) said to have been served on behalf of the petitioner wherein both the claims are raised and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order as early as possible, preferably within a period of 4 months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Dasti. 26-02-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE