IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.9129 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 18, 2010. Raghbir Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.G.S.Chahal, 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 working as a Gram Sewak in the Department of Rural Development and Panchayats, Government of Punjab. His grievance is that in the seniority list of Gram Sewaks, he has not been assigned correct placement on the basis of his merit position at the time of selection and/or from the date of joining. It is alleged that viewed from any angle, the petitioner is senior to respondent No.4-Kirpal Singh son of Mangta Singh. The petitioner has further alleged that his juniors have been promoted as S.E.P.Os. over-looking his claim. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner, prima-facie, I am of the considered view that the petitioner's claim requires to be considered by respondent No.2. C.W.P.No .9129 of 2010 2 The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider the claim of the petitioner in the light of the decision dated 17.5.2010 rendered by this Court in Civil Writ Petition No.5845 of 2009 (Nishan Singh versus State of Punjab and others), and determine his seniority as per the inter-se merit at the time of appointment of the petitioner and other Gram Sewaks. If based upon that merit the petitioner is entitled to be promoted, the necessary orders in this regard shall be passed within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Dasti. May 18, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE