IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8865 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 14, 2010. Gurnam Singh and others .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.R.K.Chopra, Senior Advocate with Ms.Maninder, Advocate, for the petitioners. -.- 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioners were appointed as Library Attendants (Class- IV) in the Education Department, Government of Punjab and they are working as such for the last about 10-15 years. Their grievance is that under the Rules, they are entitled to promotion on the post of Assistant Librarian (Class-III) but the respondents intend to fill up these posts by direct recruitment without considering the claim of the petitioners within the prescribed promotion quota. In this regard, the petitioners are said to have represented the authorities on 16.11.2009 (Annexure P-10) but without any response thereto so far. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners and without C.W.P.No .8865 of 2010 2 expressing any views on the merits of the petitioners' claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider the claim of the petitioners for promotion as Assistant Librarians within the prescribed promotion quota as per the criteria, if any, laid down under the Rules/Government Policy, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 14, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE