IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8106 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 05, 2010. Manjit Kaur .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.R.K.Arora, 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 Lecturer-in-English in the Education Department, Government of Punjab. She seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to consider and promote her to the post of Principal in accordance with the Punjab Education Service (School and Inspection) Group-A Service Rules, 2004, with effect from the date when her juniors, namely, respondent Nos.5 & 6 have been promoted. It is averred that in the seniority list the name of the petitioner figures at Sr.No.445 as against respondent Nos.5 & 6 who are at Sr.Nos.448 & 500, respectively. The petitioner has further averred that though she possesses unblemished service record and is fully eligible for promotion yet she has been ignored in a discriminating manner. In this C.W.P.No .8106 of 2010 2 regard, the petitioner is said to have represented the authorities many a times followed by a legal notice dated 5.2.2010 (Annexure P-13) but without any response. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent No.1 to consider the petitioner's claim for promotion after affording her an opportunity of personal hearing and if she is found eligible, grant the same to her from the due date with all the consequential benefits, within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 05, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE