IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CASE NO.: CWP No.10275 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION: December 18, 2008 GURMIT KUMAR ...PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB & OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA. PRESENT: MR. N.D. KALRA, ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONER. MS. CHARU TULI, SR.DAG, PUNJAB. ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J.(ORAL) The petitioner applied for the post of Master in pursuance to advertisement dated 12.1.1996. The petitioner has been selected and appointed, however, he has not been assigned his seniority as per the merit list declared by the recruiting agency, as also his pay has not been fixed from the date his juniors were appointed. Similarly situated persons filed CWP No.19832 of 2003 which has been allowed vide judgement (Annexure P-1) dated July 9, 2004 in which directions have been issued to the respondents to refix the pay and seniority of the petitioner. The petitioned filed representation (Annexure P-3) before the respondents to grant him the benefit as S.S. Master from 1997 when his juniors were appointed. This application has been rejected vide impugned order Annexure P-4 on the ground that the benefits can only be given to the persons who had filed writ petitions in this Court and not to the petitioner who did not approach this Court. CWP No.10275 of 2008 -2- In our considered opinion, this approach of the respondents is absolutely erroneous as the petitioner is entitled to the same relief as has been granted to his juniors. In view of the above, we allow the writ petition in the same terms as CWP No.19832 of 2003, Charan Dass Sharma vs. State of Punjab and others decided on July 9, 2004. The benefits as prayed for by the petitioner be granted to him in terms of the aforementioned judgement within a period of six months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA) JUDGE December 18, 2008 (RAJAN GUPTA) Gulati JUDGE