C.W.P.No. 18802 of 2009. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P.No. 18802 of 2009. DECIDED ON : 08.12.2009. Mr.T.D.Soni and others Petitioners. VERSUS State of Haryana and others. Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI. Present:- Mr.R.S.Mamli, Advocate, for the petitioners. PERMOD KOHLI,J. Notice of motion. Mr. Ravi Dutt Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. The petitioners were appointed as Taxtation Inspectors in the year 1986, whereas private respondents were appointed in the year 1990. In the year 1997, the petitioners were senior to the private respondents. It is stated that in the year 2006, seniority list was changed by the department without issuing any C.W.P.No. 18802 of 2009. 2 notice. On the representation made by some of the appointees of 1986 i.e. Ashwani Kumar and others, the Financial Commissioner issued a direction for determening seniority on the basis of length of service in the department and that dispute regarding seniority is pending. In the meantime, the private respondents, who joined in the year 1990, have been promoted vide order dated 30.11.2009 as Assistant Excise & Taxtation Officers. It is this order which is under challenge in the present writ petition. The petitioners have also preferred statutory appeal before the Financial Commissioner Excise & Taxation Department and the said appeal is still pending. Mr. Mamli, learned counsel for the petitioners is satisfied if a direction is given to the authorities concerned to decide the appeal expeditiously. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the Appellate Authority to decide the appeal within a period of two months from the date a certified copy of this order is received by the Appellate Authority. 08.12.2009. (PERMOD KOHLI ) Anoop JUDGE C.W.P.No. 18802 of 2009. 3