CWP No.1341 of 2009.doc - 1 – HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.1341 of 2009 Date of Decision: 09.09.2010 **** Mangat Ram . . . . Petitioner VS. The Pepsu Road Transport Corp. & Ors. . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 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? **** Present: Mr. RK Arora, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Harsh Aggarwal, Advocate for respondents No.1 to 3 ***** SURYA KANT J. (ORAL) (1). The petitioner who is serving as a Conductor in the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation, seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to promote him as Sub Inspector from the date his juniors including respondent No.4 have been promoted vide order dated 28.05.2008 (Annexure P7). (2). The respondent-Corporation has filed its reply/affidavit in which the seniority of the petitioner is not disputed. The stand taken by the respondents is that the petitioner was duly CWP No.1341 of 2009.doc - 2 – considered but on account of his chequered service record which contains 34 warnings, 27 censures, stoppage of 9 annual increments with cumulative effect and 7 annual increments without cumulative effect followed by various other charge-sheets that the petitioner was found unsuitable. (3). The imposition of the above-mentioned punishments has not been controverted by the petitioner. That being so, no case to interfere with the impugned action is made out. (4). Dismissed. (SURYA KANT) JUDGE 09.09.2010 vishal shonkar