IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.5781 of 2010 Date of Decision : March 31, 2010. Jyotsana Sharma .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Rajeev Anand, 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 is serving as a Head Constable in the Punjab Police. She was recruited as a Constable on 30.10.1993 and after passing the Lower School Course, her name was included in List C-1 w.e.f. 1.4.2007. She was later on promoted as Head Constable with effect from the same date. It is averred that the petitioner was placed at Sr.No.39 in order of merit in the Lower School Course. The grievance of the petitioner is that the persons juniors to her in terms of the placement in the merit list of Lower School Course, namely, HC Balwinder Kaur No.481/Int.; HC Kanwalpreet Kaur No.3252/Amritsar; HC Manjit Kaur No.1071/Kapurthala and HC Jaspal Kaur No.246/Fatehgarh Sahib, who C.W.P.No .5781 of 2010 2 were placed at Sr.Nos.45, 46, 112 & 107 respectively, have been further deputed to undergo Intermediate School Course, over-looking the preferential claim of the petitioner. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner at some length and after going through the averments made in the writ petition, I am of the considered view that the claim put forth by the petitioner requires immediate consideration by the Competent Authority. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to call for the records and verify the factual assertions made by the petitioner and if her claim is found to be correct, pass an appropriate order redressing the grievances of the petitioner, within a period of two weeks from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. In case respondent No.2 is not inclined to accept the claim of the petitioner, in that event, a speaking order shall also be passed within the above given period. A copy of this order, duly attested by the Bench Secretary, be given to the counsel for the petitioner on payment of dasti charges, during the course of day. March 31, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE