HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.2315 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: 30.08.2011 **** Shamsher Singh . . . . Petitioner VS. State of Punjab & Ors. . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 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. RS Chauhan, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Sudeepti Sharma, DAG Punjab ***** SURYA KANT, J. (ORAL) (1). The petitioner impugns the seniority list of Lecturers (School Cadre) wherein private respondents No.4 to 6 have been placed above him. (2). The undisputed facts are that the petitioner as well as the private respondents initially joined the Education Department as Masters on ad hoc basis and their services were regularized w.e.f. 01.04.1985. It is also not in dispute that 75% posts of Lecturers (school cadre) are to be filled in by promotion from amongst Masters possessing the qualifications of MA/M.Sc. or M.Com. with BT or B.Ed. or M.Ed. as laid down in the Punjab State CWP No.2315 of 2009.doc - 2 – Education Class-III (School Cadre) Service Rules, 1978. The petitioner passed MA on 17.09.1991 while in service whereas the private respondents already possessed the Master Degree hence they got promotion as Lecturers on 06.11.1991 as compared to the petitioner who was promoted on 17.02.1993. These facts have been duly incorporated by the respondents in a tabulated form in Para 3 of the preliminary submissions of their reply/affidavit dated 17.02.2010. (3). The petitioner under the guise of impugning the seniority list cannot seek antedated promotion from the date when the private respondents were promoted for the reason that at the time when the promotion cases were to be processed, the petitioner did not possess the requisite qualification. (4). For the reasons afore-stated, I do not find any merit in this writ petition which is accordingly dismissed. 30.08.2011 vishal shonkar (SURYA KANT) Judge