IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4780 of 2010 Date of Decision : March 17, 2010. Parsa Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Rajesh Kumar Girdhar, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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 petitioner is working as a Lecturer-in-Math (School Cadre) in the Education Department, Government of Punjab. He seeks a mandamus to direct the official respondents to firstly fix his seniority as Lecturer over and above respondent No.5 and thereafter promote him to the post of Principal w.e.f. 15.2.2010 when respondent No.5 has been promoted. The petitioner's case is that he and respondent No.5 both belong to the reserved category of Scheduled Caste. At the time of their selection and appointment as Lecturers in March, 1995, the petitioner was placed at Sr.No.34 whereas respondent No.5 was placed at Sr.No.35 in the selection list. On this premise, the petitioner asserts that he is entitled to be C.W.P.No .4780 of 2010 2 treated senior to respondent No.5 as Lecturer. The further grievance of the petitioner is that without determining his seniority, respondent No.5 has been promoted as Principal vide order dated 15.2.2010. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have represented the authorities on 8.2.2010, 22.2.2010 and 2.3.2010 (Annexures P-7, P-9 & P-5 respectively) but without any response. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, however, without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent Nos.1 & 2 to consider the above-noticed claim of the petitioner and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order as early as possible, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order and after observing principles of natural justice. Suffice it to observe that if the petitioner's claim is accepted, the appropriate orders regarding his promotion shall also be passed within the aforesaid stipulated period. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 17, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE