IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.13600 of 2011 Date of Decision: August 04, 2011 Sushil Kumar ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana & others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 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? Present: Dr.Suresh Kumar Redhu, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioner claims promotion from a retrospective date from which he was granted promotion under ORP policy. As per the petitioner, he has done an act of bravery and had arrested a dacoit, who was involved in number of cases, for which he was given a reward of ` 10,000/-. 10% quota is meant for ORP promotion, which can be granted on various grounds, including the ground of bravery. The petitioner was, thus, promoted as Head Constable under ORP policy on 21.8.2001. Subsequently, the petitioner has passed Lower School Course in October, 2007 and has now been promoted as Officiating Head Constable. The prayer in the present writ petition is to grant deemed date promotion from the date the petitioner was given promotion under ORP policy. As per the counsel, the petitioner is entitled to this promotion and his case has not accordingly been sent to the Committee. The counsel also complains that it was for the D.G.P. to send the case of the petitioner before the committee and Civil Writ Petition No.13600 of 2011 :2: not that of I.G, who was not competent. The petitioner has enjoyed the ORP promotion. ORP promotion is on the basis of policy and cannot be claimed as a matter of right. No valid justification is offered for grant of promotion from the retrospective date. Dismissed. August 04, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) ramesh JUDGE