IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 7272 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : 14.05.2009 Raj Kumar and another .... PETITIONERS Versus State of Haryana and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Dalel Singh Nain, Advocate, for the petitioners. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. The petitioners, who are working as Watchmen in the Kaithal Cooperative Sugar Mills Limited, Kaithal (hereinafter referred to as `the respondent Mill'), on seasonal permanent posts, have filed this petition for quashing the order dated 29.11.2007 (Annexure P-1), whereby 12 employees of the manufacturing department of the respondent Mill have been transferred in the Security Department; as well as the order dated 3.12.2008 (Annexure P-4), whereby the claim of the petitioners has been rejected. I have heard counsel for the petitioners and have gone through the impugned orders. Undisputedly, vide a policy decision dated 7.1.2002, the staff CWP No. 7272 of 2009 -2- strength of the employees of the respondent Mill was reduced, due to which number of employees became surplus. As a policy decision, it was also decided that the permanent and seasonal permanent employees rendered surplus due to revision of staff strength will not be retrenched and they should be adjusted on equivalent vacant posts. In view of the said revision of staff strength, 21 regular permanent posts and 21 seasonal permanent posts of Watchmen were provided for Security Section. 7 posts of Watchmen were lying vacant and 2 Watchmen were looking after the work of the Security Inspector. In view of the policy decision, some of the employees of the Manufacturing department, who were rendered surplus, have been deputed in the Security Section. The petitioners are aggrieved against the said action. As far as the petitioners are concerned, they are working as Watchmen on seasonal permanent posts. In the off season, they are getting retaining allowance. The adjustment of the surplus staff in the Security Section does not effect the seniority or the working of the petitioners in the Security Section. Learned counsel for the petitioners has not been able to point out any unreasonableness or arbitrariness in deputing of some of the employees of the Manufacturing department of the respondent Mill in the Security Section. No merit. Dismissed. May 14, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE