COCP No. 377 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP No. 377 of 2010 Date of decision:- 20.7.2010 Mohamad Yunus and anr ..........petitioners vs. N.S. Kang, Financial Commissioner ........respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present: - Ms. Sangeeta Dhanda, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. S. S. Sahu, AAG, Punjab HEMANT GUPTA, J (ORAL) A writ petition filed by Balkaran Singh was allowed by this Court on 18.2.2009 and upgrading of the post of Executive Engineer and diverting the same to Electrical Wing was quashed. A direction was issued that post of Executive Engineer (Civil) shall be filed up from the cadre of Assistant Engineer within a period of three months. In the affidavit dated 18.5.2010, it has been pointed out that Balkaran Singh has been promoted as Executive Engineer (Civil) w.e.f. 27th January, 2005. His name appears at Sr. No. 41. The name of the petitioners fall at Sr. No. 44 and 45 respectively, in the tentative seniority list dated 7.3.2005 and hence, they cannot claim promotion to the post of Executive Engineer (Civil). COCP No. 377 of 2010 -2- In view of the said fact, I do not find any case is made out for continuation of the present contempt petition proceedings. Consequently, the present contempt petition is dismissed. However, it shall be open to the petitioners to take recourse to the remedies available to them in accordance with law. (HEMANT GUPTA) JUDGE 20.7.2010 preeti