IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3864 of 1989 (O&M) Date of decision:05.09.2011 Sardar Kaur, Clerk, Prosecution and Litigation Department, Punjab, SCO No. 1, 2 & 3, Sector 17-B, Chandigarh, and another. ...Petitioners versus State of Punjab, through Financial Commissioner and Secretary to Government, Punjab, Department of Home Affairs & Justice, Punjab Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh and others. ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: None for the petitioners. Mr. Navdeep Sukhna, DAG, Punjab, for respondents 1 & 2. None for respondents 3 to 6. Mr. Chanderdeep Singh, Advocate, for respondent No.7. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No. 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? No. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ?No. ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) The issue in the writ petition is a challenge to the seniority list fixed qua the petitioner, who was in the service of the 2nd respondent as a Clerk. The counsel for the respondents are present and there is no representation for the petitioners. The case is of the year 1989 and cannot suffer any longer delay to await the representation of the petitioners. The writ petition is dismissed for default of appearance. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE 05.09.2011 sanjeev