C.W.P. No.13526 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No.13526 of 2011 Date of Decision: 29.07.2011 Virender Singh and others ....Petitioner Versus Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited and others ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Gunjan, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers 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 ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to grant seniority to the petitioners to the post of Assistant Line Man/Shift Attendant w.e.f. 01.06.1997 along with all consequential benefits as per order dated 10.03.2008 passed by respondent-Nigam. Contends that some of the juniors of the petitioners have been promoted as Assistant Line Man. The persons who have joined later than the petitioners have been assigned the ante-dated seniority. In order to show that the petitioners have been deprived of their right of seniority and pay scale as compared to their juniors, a comparative table has been placed on record as Annexure P-5. It is stated that the said petitioners have been granted seniority as late as on 21.09.2010. However, the C.W.P. No.13526 of 2011 2 petitioners filed a representation (Annexure P-6) seeking deemed date of promotion from 01.06.1997. The said representation is still pending. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to decide the representation (Annexure P-6) as expeditiously as possible preferably within three months from the receipt of a copy of this order by passing a speaking order. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 29.07.2011 JUDGE gurpreet