IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.17053 of 2009 Date of Decision: August 05, 2011 Kashmir Chand ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana & others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 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? Present: Mr.R.S.Tacoria, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Harish Rathee, Advocate, for the State. ***** RANJIT SINGH, J. Both the Deputy Commissioners have now filed affidavits tendering their un-conditional apologises, besides submitting that there was no deliberate attempt on their part to mislead or misinform the court. They have also made an attempt to explain how such affidavit happened to be filed. Affidavit of Ashok Kumar Meena, Deputy Commissioner, Fatehabad handed over by Mr.Rathee in the court is taken on record. The Deputy Commissioner, Kurukshetra has already filed an affidavit, which is on the record of the case file. In the meantime, the petitioner has also been promoted and copy of the promotion order has been supplied to the counsel for the petitioner, who says that the petitioner has not been granted consequential benefits and has simply been promoted with effect from the date of promotion. Copy of the promotion order is also kept on record. Civil Writ Petition No.17053 of 2009 :2: It appears that both the officers have genuinely conceded their inadvertent mistakes on their parts. The explanations offered by the officers are accepted. The writ petition is rendered infructuous. The petitioner would be at liberty to file a representation seeking consequential benefits on account of his promotion. If he files the representation, the same shall be considered in accordance with law and appropriate order passed within a reasonable time. August 05, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) ramesh JUDGE