CWP No.21063 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No.21063 of 2011 Date of decision: 15.11.2011 Mohan Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Sandeep Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. Rajan Gupta, J (oral). The petitioner has preferred this writ petition seeking a writ in the nature of mandamus to direct the respondents to promote the petitioner from the post of Laboratory Attendant to Laboratory Assistant. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been working on the post of Laboratory Attendant for last 28 years. However, he has not been promoted to the next post. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and given careful thought to the facts of the case. It appears that the petitioner joined the post of Laboratory Attendant-cum-Helper on 5th May, 1983 in Industries Department. He thereafter kept on working in the same department. According to the case of the petitioner, juniors to him have been promoted to the next post. There is no seniority list on record to show that respondents No.5 CWP No.21063 of 2011 2 and 6 are in fact junior to the petitioner. No rule/instructions have been shown to come to a conclusion that next channel of promotion is to the post of Laboratory Assistant. The last representation made by the petitioner was in the year 1996. Admittedly, thereafter the petitioner never raised a grievance. Reference has only been made to application submitted by the petitioner to Deputy Chief Minister in Sangat Darshan Programme after a lapse of 15 years of his representation, Annexure P-3. In my considered view, apart from the fact that there is nothing on merit, the claim is highly belated. The petition being without any merit, is hereby dismissed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 15.11.2011 'rajpal'