IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3868 of 2010 Date of Decision : March 05, 2010. Suman Sharma .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Arun Bansal, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner was appointed as Silt Analyst in the Irrigation Department in Power Research Institute at Amritsar. She seeks a mandamus to direct respondent No.1 to consider and promote her on the post of Research Assistant Grade-B. It is alleged that though in terms of the academic qualifications, experience and the length of service, the petitioner is entitled to be promoted and the Institute has already forwarded her case way back in the year 2001 by placing her at Sr.No.1 amongst the recommended candidates. but no decision has been taken by the respondents so far. It is asserted that the petitioner is fully qualified and possesses 5 years practical experience as well as the B.Sc. Degree which is C.W.P.No .3868 of 2010 2 higher than the minimum prescribed qualification. The petitioner is said to have served a legal notice dated 30.8.2009 (Annexure P-3) which has been responded by the respondents through an evasive reply dated 29.10.2009 (Annexure P-4) stating that no junior to the petitioner has been promoted. In other words, the question as to whether the petitioner is entitled to be promoted or not, has not been considered at all. In these circumstances, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition a direction to respondent No.1 to re-consider the whole matter and dispose of the petitioner's claim regarding promotion to the post of Research Assistant Grade-B by passing a speaking order as early as possible, preferably within a period of 3 months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 05, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE