CWP No.14042 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.14042 of 2011 Date of decision:- 04.08.2011 Kanwar Jaswinder Pal Singh and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present: Mr. Mohd. Yousaf, Advocate for the petitioners. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) Issue notice of motion. On asking of Court, Ms. Kavita Arora, AAG Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of State. Learned counsel for the petitioners is directed to supply the copy of petition to learned counsel for the State today itself during the course of the day. Vide this writ petition, petitioners are claiming their seniority on the basis of ranking given by the recruitment authority with all consequential benefits as per Rule 11 of the Punjab State Education Clause III (School Cadre) Rules 1978. Seniority of the petitioners have been fixed as per the date of their joining and not as per the merit list. This criteria was challenged in CWP No.19832 of 2003 (Annexure P-1) titled as 'Charan Dass Sharma versus State of Punjab and others', respondents were directed to re-fix the seniority of the petitioners as per the merit in the selected process. The respondents are directed to decide the legal notice dated 25.02.2011 (Annexure P-2) by passing a speaking order within CWP No.14042 of 2011 -2- a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. Disposed of. 04.08. 2011 (RITU BAHRI) Jyoti 1 JUDGE