IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 10871 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : 23.07.2009 Ashwani Kumar and others .... PETITIONERS Versus State of Punjab and another ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. H.S. Sethi, Advocate, for the petitioners. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioners are working as Assistant Corporation Engineers in the Municipal Corporation cadre. Petitioners No.1 and 2 are posted at Jalandhar and petitioner No.3 is posted at Chandigarh. All the petitioners are direct recruitees. Petitioners No.1 and 2 were recruited in the year 1999, whereas petitioner No.3 was recruited in the year 1998. The case of the petitioners is that when seniority list of Assistant Corporation Engineers was prepared in the year 2005, names of the direct recruitees were not shown in the seniority list and names of only promotees were shown. It is further case of the petitioners that on the basis of that seniority list, the respondents are promoting the Assistant Corporation Engineers to the post of Corporation Engineer. Counsel for the petitioners submits that in this CWP No. 10871 of 2009 -2- regard, the petitioners have served a legal notice dated 21.1.2009 (Annexure P-5) upon the respondents, but till date, the same has not been decided and the promotee Assistant Corporation Engineers are being promoted on the post of Corporation Engineer beyond their quota. Counsel states that at this stage, the petitioners will be satisfied if the legal notice dated 21.1.2009 (Annexure P-5) is directed to be considered and decided by respondent No.2. In view of the above, without issuing notice of motion as it will un-necessary delay the matter, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider and decide the legal notice dated 21.1.2009 (Annexure P-5), in accordance with law after providing an opportunity of hearing to the effected persons, expeditiously and preferably within a period of two months. July 23, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE