IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.16344 of 1991 DATE OF DECISION: September 19, 2011 Jagdish Chander .....Petitioner VERSUS The State of Haryana and another ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? PRESENT: None for the petitioner. Mr. Sunil Nehra, Sr.DAG, Haryana, for the State. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. No one appears for the petitioner when the case is called. Mr. Nehra appearing for the State has drawn my attention to the relief claimed in the writ petition. The petitioner prays for direction for quashing the order dated 16.10.1991 vide which the period from 21.3.1972 to 4.2.1975 rendered by the petitioner on ad hoc basis has been ignored towards the seniority from the date of his initial appointment i.e. 21.3.1972. The petitioner otherwise has been given benefit of the Military service from the date of regularization i.e. 5.2.1975. Primarily, thus, the petitioner is seeking a claim for grant of seniority by counting his service rendered on ad hoc basis. Civil Writ Petition No.16344 of 1991 -2- Mr. Nehra has referred to Gopi Chand Sedha Vs. The State of Haryana and others (Regular Second Appeal No.4238 of 2006), decided on 22.1.2010, where this Court discussing various judgments has held that ad hoc or fortuitous appointments on a temporary or stop-gap basis cannot be taken into account for the purpose of seniority. In addition, Mr. Nehra has also invited my attention to the latest judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Central Council for Research in Homeopathy Vs. Bipin Chandra Lakhera & others, 2011(3) SCT 145, where the Hon'ble Supreme Court has held that ad hoc service rendered before the regularization cannot be counted for seniority. There is, thus, no merit in the writ petition. The same is, accordingly, dismissed. September 19, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) monika JUDGE