IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3110 of 2011 Date of Decision : February 21, 2011. Rachhpal Singh and others .....Petitioners versus Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Hoshiar Singh, Advocate, for the petitioners. -.- 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 petitioners are working as Linemen/Assistant Junior Engineers with the respondent-Corporation. They were selected for appointment to the posts of Junior Engineers (Electrical) and a select list was prepared which was valid upto 31.12.2005. The said list was challenged before this Court in Civil Writ Petition No.15347 of 2002 but vide order dated 16.12.2005, this Court directed the Board-authorities to keep the select list alive till the disposal of the writ petition. It may be noticed here that in the aforesaid writ petition, the challenge was that the Board could not fill up the posts beyond which were advertised. Be that as it may, the writ petition was dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 17.11.2010 having regard to the earlier order dated C.W.P.No .3110 of 2011 2 16.12.2005 and while permitting the petitioner to approach this Court for any fresh cause of action with a further direction that “the Board may, if so advised, pass final order within the period for which the select/wait list has been ordered to remain alive”. The petitioners, whose names are probably in the afore-stated select/wait list, now seek a mandamus for their appointment. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners, I am of the considered view that it is the discretion of the Board as to whether or not it may give appointments to the petitioners who are placed in the wait list. The writ petitioner is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the representation dated 18.1.2011 (Annexure P-7) already made on behalf of the petitioners and dispose of their afore-stated claim by passing an appropriate speaking order within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Dasti. February 21, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE