IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No.6967 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : AUGUST 4, 2010 KEWAL KRISHAN & ORS. ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF FOOD & SUPPLIES & CONSUMER AFFAIRS, PUNJAB & ORS. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. SC Chhabra, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Ms. Charu Tuli, Sr. DAG, Punjab. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to regularise the services of the petitioners from the date services of the persons junior to the petitioners have been regularised. It has been contended on behalf of the petitioners that they were recruited as Chowkidars under Provincial Reserve Scheme, known as PR Chowkidars, against temporary posts, about 25 years back through Employment Exchange, through selection process, in the department of Food and Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Punjab. Civil Writ Petition No.6967 of 2009 2 Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that services of the persons junior to the petitioners have been regularised. The names have been given in para-3 of the petition. Learned counsel for the respondent-State, on instructions from Shri Charanjit Singh, Superintendent, Department of Food and Supplies, Punjab, Chandigarh, states that the services of PR Chowkidars are being regularised strictly in terms of seniority, as and when the posts are added. Wherever, the seniority is broken, appropriate orders are passed to correct the anomaly. Learned counsel for the respondent-State further contends that the services of the petitioners would also be regularised, as per seniority, as sanction in regard to 91 posts of regular PR Chowkidars has been accorded. In view of the statement made by the learned counsel for the respondent-State, this petition is disposed of. August 4, 2010 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?