CWP No.7697 of 2007 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No.7697 of 2007 Date of decision: 20.10.2008 Surinder Singh Walia ..Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. H.S. Rakhra, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Charu Tuli, Senior DAG, Punjab for the respondents. Ashutosh Mohunta, J. (oral) The petitioner has prayed that direction be issued to the respondents to grant him the deemed date of promotion w.e.f. 1997 along with re-fixation of his seniority and arrears of salary. A short affidavit has been filed on behalf of the respondents. The petitioner was promoted as Inspector on 13.8.1992 and as per the Punjab Police Service Rules, 1959, for promotion to the post of DSP, a person is required to be having experience of six years. The petitioner was promoted as DSP in the year 1997. However, he was reverted back to the post of Inspector as he did not have the requisite six years experience as Inspector of Police. The case of the petitioner for promotion to the post of DSP was considered by the Departmental CWP No.7697 of 2007 2 Promotion Committee in the year 2001 and again in the meeting of DPC in the year 2002 but he was not promoted as he was not having requisite bench marks. The petitioner has got only 8 bench marks in the year 2001 and 9 bench marks in the year 2002. As the petitioner did not have the requisite bench marks, hence he has rightly not been promoted to the post of DSP by the Departmental Promotion Committee. We find no merit in the writ petition. The same is accordingly dismissed. (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA) JUDGE (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE October 20, 2008 'rajpal'