CWP No.8637 of 2004 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C. W. P. No. 8637 of 2004 Date of Decision: 15 - 9 - 2010 Dharam Pal Singh and others ....Petitioners v. Dakshni Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited ....Respondents and others CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA *** Present: Mr.R.K.Malik, Sr. Advocate with Mr.Kohal Dev, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.Narender Hooda, Advocate for respondents No.1 and 2. Mr.Puneet Bali, Advocate for respondents No.3,6,9,10,12 to 20, 24, 25, 27, 31, 32 and 38 to 45. *** KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) In the present writ petition, a prayer has been made that a writ in the nature of certiorari be issued quashing the seniority lists dated 2.9.2003, Annexure P4, dated 13.11.2003, Annexure P5 and dated 30.12.2003, Annexure P6. This Court has considered the parameters for fixation of the seniority in Civil Writ Petition No.6400 of 1992, titled as `Nand Lal Bhatia v. Haryana State Electricity Board and others', decided on 2.7.2010 and CWP No.8637 of 2004 [2] Civil Writ Petition No.5284 of 1992, titled as, `Parshotam Lal Bhalla and others v. Haryana State Electricity Board', decided on 17.8.2010. Counsel for the petitioners and private respondents are in agreement that in the light of observations made in aforesaid judgments, relying upon the ratio of law laid down in Civil Writ Petition No.2420 of 1972, titled as, `Gobind Ram Sharma v. The Haryana State Electricity Board and others', decided on 30.8.1983 and Letters Patent Appeal No.192 of 1993, titled as, `Jagdish Singh v. Haryana State Electricity Board and others', decided on 24.2.1998, the respondent-Department be directed to recast the seniority list after affording an opportunity of hearing to all concerned. Ordered accordingly. The needful shall be done within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. However, after recasting the seniority list, where any promotion is due, same be given notionally, however, maxim of `No work, No pay' shall apply. Till the seniority list is re-drawn, status quo shall be maintained. In case, on the basis of seniority lists, Annexures P4, P5 and P6, any employee has availed any fiscal benefit to which he becomes dis- entitled due to revised seniority list to be drawn in view of the ratio of law laid down in Budh Ram and others v. State of Haryana and others, 2009 (3) SCT 333, no recovery shall be effected from him/her. With the aforesaid observations, the present writ petition is disposed of. ( KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA ) September 15, 2010. JUDGE RC CWP No.8637 of 2004 [3]