IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.16785 of 2009 Date of Decision: September 16, 2010 Mohinder Paul .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. R.K. Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. Parveen Chander Goyal, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) CWP No.16785 of 2009 [2] 1. Challenge in this petition is to Order dated 30.9.2009, Annexure P-5, vide which services of the petitioner have been de-regularised while taking into account the fact that the petitioner stands at Serial No.1135-A in the seniority list. Services of the petitioner were regularised without taking into account seniority of the petitioner. The services of the Pump Operators in the Department had been regularised till Seniority No.637-A on 14.6.2007 on the basis of seniority-cum-merit. 2. In substance, case of the respondents is that the petitioner is a beneficiary of arbitrary misuse of powers by the authorities whereby without reference to the seniority of the petitioner, his services had been regularised at the cost of persons who were senior to the petitioner. 3. Be that as it may, learned counsel for the petitioner states that let the petition be disposed of as not pressed. 4. The petition is disposed of as not pressed, however, with direction to the respondents to take into account the seniority of the petitioner at Serial No.1135-A so as to consider the claim of the petitioner for regularisation of services. CWP No.16785 of 2009 [3] (AJAI LAMBA) September 16, 2010 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?