CWP No. 21198 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No. 21198 of 2008 Date of decision: December 18, 2008 Hardev Singh --- Petitioner Versus Punjab State Electricity Board & others ---- Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashutosh Mohunta Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. VK Shukla, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ashutosh Mohunta, J (Oral). Grievance of the petitioner is that he has been ignored for being promoted to the post of Additional Assistant Engineer, whereas his juniors have been promoted vide order dated 29-8-2008, Annexure P5. The petitioner has been ignored on the ground that he has not passed the safety code test and the Departmental Accounts Examination. Counsel submits that a perusal of Annexure P3 would show that the petitioner has cleared the safety code test on 1.8.2005. He further submits that since the petitioner has crossed the age of 50 years, he is entitled for exemption from passing the Departmental Accounts Examination. Counsel submits that for the relief claimed in this petition, the petitioner has already filed a demand notice ( Annexure P-6), which has not been decided as yet. After hearing the counsel, we dispose of the present writ petition with a direction to respondent No. 2 to decide the demand CWP No. 21198 of 2008 2 notice ( Annexure P-6) in accordance with law, within six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. [Ashutosh Mohunta] Judge [Rajan Gupta] Judge December 18, 2008 `ask'