In the High Court for the States of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. C.W.P.No.11740 of 2007 Decided on March 14,2008 Kulwant Singh and others --Petitioners vs. State of Punjab and others -- Respondents. CORAM: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Mehtab S.Gill Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain Present: Mr.Deepak Sibal,Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.P.C.Goyal,Senior D.A.G.Punjab,for the respondents. Rakesh Kumar Jain,J : The petitioners have prayed for quashing the order dated 07.5.2007 (Annexure P4) and also for a direction to the respondents to consider them for promotion from Class IV employees to the posts of Clerks under their allocated 10% quota as per the instructions of the Government dated 24.8.1983,on the basis of their type test results dated 09.3.2007 (Annexure P3). In the index of the writ petition in the column of any other similar case, the petitioners had relied upon C.W.P. No. 7767 of 2007, titled Sukhdeep Singh and others v. State of Punjab and others. C.W.P.No.11740 of 2007 -2- At the time of notice of motion on 02.8.2007, Hon'ble Division Bench passed the following order:- “Learned counsel for the petitioners states that an identical controversy as the one raised in the instant writ petition is pending consideration for motion hearing for October 15,2007. Notice of motion for October 15,2007. List along-with C.W.P.No. 7767 of 2007”. The present writ petition could not be listed along-with C.W.P.No.7767 of 2007,which was allowed on March 05,2008 wherein order Annexure P-4 dated March 09,2007 was quashed and the respondents were directed to re-evaluate the answer-sheets of the petitioners of the type-writing test conducted on March 09,2007,pertaining to the petitioners on the basis of instructions of the Language Department within a period of two months from the date of passing of the order. Since this writ petition was ordered to be heard along-with C.W.P.No.7767 of 2007 being identical in nature, learned counsel for the petitioners had submitted at the time of hearing that the present writ petition may be disposed of in terms of the order passed in C.W.P.No.7767 of 2007, to which learned counsel for the respondents has no objection. In view of the above, the present writ petition is allowed and the impugned order Annexure P-4 is quashed. The respondents are hereby directed to re-evaluate the answer-sheets of the petitioner of the typewriting test conducted on 09.3.2007 pertaining to the petitioners on C.W.P.No.11740 of 2007 -3- the basis of instructions of the Language Department within a period of two months from the date of passing of this order. There shall, however, be no order as to costs. (Rakesh Kumar Jain) Judge. March 14,2008 ( Mehtab S. Gill ) RR Judge