IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.15590 of 2005 Date of Decision:28.04.2008 Sucha Singh son of Gurbaksh Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA AND HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: None for the petitioner. Mr.Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for respondent No.1. Mr.R.S.Bal, Advocate, for respondent No.2. *** ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J.(Oral) Reply has been filed on behalf of respondent No.2 in the Court today and the same is taken on record. The petitioner has prayed that directions be issued to respondents No.1 and 2 to consider his case for promotion as Senior Manager with effect from 24.03.2001 and further to promote him as Deputy Secretary with effect from 04.02.2004. The petitioner has also challenged the promotion of respondent No.3 to the post of Senior Manager in the Text Books Cell, Punjab School Education Board, Mohali. The petitioner who was working as Senior Manager in the Text Books Cell, Punjab School Education Board, Mohali, has prayed that he is senior to respondent No.3, hence, the promotion order of respondent No.3 C.W.P.No.15590 of 2005 --2-- be quashed. It has further been averred that the service record of respondent No.3 is much inferior than the petitioner. Hence, it should be the petitioner who ought to have been promoted earlier. Perusal of the facts as narrated in this case shows that respondent No.3 who is a Senior Manager in Text Books Cell, Punjab School Education Board, Mohali was promoted on 07.09.2001 whereas this writ petition was filed on 19.09.2005. By now the petitioner has also retired from service. Thus challenge to the promotion of respondent No.3 is highly belated. Therefore, no interference is called for in this writ petition and the same is dismissed. (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA) JUDGE April 28, 2008 (KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA) seema JUDGE