IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.20562 of 2010 Date of Decision: November 18, 2010 Gurdip Singh Cheema .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab and others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. R.K. Arora, 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 consider and grant the petitioner promotion to the post of Lecturer from the date person junior to the petitioner viz. respondent No.4, has been given promotion, with all consequential benefits. 2. For claiming the relief above mentioned, the petitioner relies on Rule 9 of Punjab State Education Class-III (School Cadre) Service Rules, 1978 to say that the promotion in CWP No.20562 of 2010 [2] service is to be made by selection process based on merit. The seniority alone has not been made the criteria for promotion of any person. 3. No proper foundation has been laid to indicate as to what process for selection/ promotion was undertaken; whether the claim of the petitioner was at all considered or not; and in what circumstances respondent No.4 has been preferred. 4. Learned counsel wants to withdraw the petition so as to enable the petitioner to file a better petition. 5. Dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for. (AJAI LAMBA) November 18, 2010 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?