IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.13853 of 2010 Date of Decision : September 21, 2010. Jang Singh .....Petitioner versus Food Corporation of India and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Sanjiv Gupta, 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, who has already retired from the post of Assistant Grade-II from the respondent-Corporation, seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to consider and promote him to the said post retrospectively from the date when his juniors were allegedly promoted and grant him all the consequential benefits. It is averred that as per the Appendix-II of the Staff Regulations, the post of Assistant Grade-II is a non-selection post and is required to be filled up by promotion on the basis of seniority subject to the conditions laid down in Regulation 10 of these Regulations. It is further averred that the petitioner was fully eligible for promotion as per his seniority in the year 2000 but was not considered for promotion in a discriminatory manner. In this regard, the petitioner is said C.W.P.No .13853 of 2010 2 to have represented the authorities several times followed by a legal notice dated 3.3.2008 (Annexure P-5) but it is alleged that no response has ever been received by him regarding consideration of his claim. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, however, without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim for retrospective promotion, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider and dispose of the petitioner's afore-mentioned claim, including contained in the legal notice dated 3.3.2008 by passing a speaking order in accordance with law/service regulations, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. September 21, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE