IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP. No. 7627 of 2010 Date of Decision: 29.4.2010. Ram Kumar --Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others --Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI. Present:- Mr. Gautam Kaile, Advocate for the petitioner. *** PERMOD KOHLI.J (ORAL) Notice of motion. Mr. R.S. Kundu, Addl. A.G., Haryana has been asked to accept notice on behalf of respondents-State. Keeping in view the nature of relief claimed and with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is being disposed of at the motion stage itself. The petitioner was initially engaged as a Beldar on daily wage basis in the PWD B&R Department on 1.6.1991. His services came to be regularized on 1.2.1996 on the post of Beldar. The next promotion from the post of Beldar is to the post of Work Supervisor/Motor Mate/Work Inspector/Store Keeper. One Bichcha Ram was promoted, who is said to be junior than the petitioner. Petitioner filed a civil suit seeking his promotion from the date said Bichaha Ram was promoted. His suit is pending. Now vide order dated 16.5.2008 respondent no.4 has been promoted as Work Supervisor. As per the seniority list (Annexure P-2) respondent no.4 is also junior to the petitioner. The petitioner has accordingly filed this petition seeking a direction for his promotion from the date respondent no.4 was CWP. No. 7627 of 2010 -2- promoted. Petitioner has made a representation (Annexure P-3) and also served a legal notice (Annexure P-5) but no decision has been taken thereon till date. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner would be satisfied, if, respondents are directed to take decision on the representation/legal notice served by the petitioner, referred to above. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent no.2 to take decision on the representation/legal notice served by the petitioner within a period of three months from the date certified copy of this order is served upon the said respondent. Needless to say that in the event the claim of the petitioner is to be rejected, the same shall be by a reasoned and speaking order. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 29.4.2010. lucky