IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petitioner No.15658 of 1989 (O&M) Date of decision:31.05.2011 Krishan Lal and others ..Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: None for the petitioners. Mr. K.S.Sivia, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No. 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? No. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? No. ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) 1. There is no representation for the petitioners. The case is of the year 1989 and, therefore, I have proceeded to examine the case on the basis of the records and with the assistance of the counsel for the State. 2. The point urged in the writ petition is the alleged entitlement to count the adhoc service for proficiency step up, for determination of senior scale and selection grade. The response to the plea of the petitioners is a departmental instruction giving a clarification that the number of period of years of service as 8 or 18 to apply for the proficiency step up, for determination of senior scale and selection grade shall be only for the regular service and service rendered as adhoc Civil Writ Petitioner No.15658 of 1989 (O&M) - 2 - service was not to be counted for such like purposes in terms of letter No.7/14/88-5P.P.I/16200, dated 01.09.1989 of the Secretary to the Punjab Government to all the Heads of Departments. 3. The writ petition is dismissed in terms of the clarification given by the Government through its communication. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE 31.05.2011 sanjeev