IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.17274 of 2011 Date of Decision : September 15, 2011. Baldev Raj and others .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Onkar Singh Batalvi, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms.Sudeepti Sharma, DAG, 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) Notice of motion. Ms.Sudeepti Sharma, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Let two copies of the writ petition be supplied to the learned State counsel during the course of day failing which the order shall be automatically recalled and the writ petition shall be deemed to have been dismissed for non-prosecution. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter reply from the respondents at this stage. CWP No.17274 of 2011 [2] The petitioners seek a mandamus for regularization of their services in terms of the Government Policy and the letter dated 25.5.2011 (Annexure P-3) issued by the Director General of Police, Punjab. As per the averments made by the petitioners, they are working as Contingent Paid Class-IV employees for the last more than 15-20 years w.e.f. the dates mentioned in para No.2 of the writ petition and few of them are nearing retirement. Their services have, however, not been regularized so far. The Memo dated 25.5.2011 (Annexure P-3) reveals that there are 175 regular vacant posts in the Class-IV Category against which services of the Contingent Paid Class-IV employees, like the petitioners, are to be regularized. The aforesaid letter/memo further stipulates that no senior employee shall be ignored. In other words, the newly sanctioned posts are to be filled in by regularizing the services of the Contingent Paid Class-IV employees strictly as per their inter-se seniority. The above stated direction contained in the memo dated 25.5.2011 is consistent with the principles of equality and fair play. The grievance of the petitioners, however, is that despite the above stated communication received from the Director General of Police, Punjab, their services are not being regularized though they have already represented the authorities vide representation dated 27.7.2011 (Annexure P-4). In this factual backdrop, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioners alongwith other Contingent Paid Class-IV employees for regularization of CWP No.17274 of 2011 [3] their services against the regular vacant posts, strictly in accordance with their seniority. The needful shall be done within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. It is made clear that in the case of the petitioners who retired meanwhile, they shall not be deprived of regularization of their services, if otherwise found eligible. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. September 15, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE