IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.21529 of 2010 Date of Decision: December 03, 2010 Mohd. Aslam .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab and another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Md. Yousaf, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. This petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to fix the salary/pay of the petitioner as well as seniority with effect from the date of selection of other candidates lower in merit than the petitioner. 2. Without adverting to the provisions in the rules or the facts in relation to the appointment/ joining of the petitioner, learned counsel relies on case law or other precedents. I find that no proper foundation has been laid in CWP No.21529 of 2010 [2] the petition so as to make out a case in favour of the petitioner for invoking extraordinary writ jurisdiction. 3. No ground for interference in extraordinary writ jurisdiction is made out. 4. The petition is dismissed, however, with liberty to the petitioner to file a better petition on proper foundation. (AJAI LAMBA) December 03, 2010 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?