CWP No.18576 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CASE NO.: CWP No.18576 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION: October 30, 2008 DHANNA SINGH AND OTHERS ...PETITIONERS VERSUS PUNJAB STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD ...RESPONDENTS AND OTHERS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA. PRESENT: MR. K.K. KALSI, ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONER. ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J.(ORAL) The petitioners were appointed as Lower Division Clerks by PSEB, Patiala. They continued to work on the said post till the year 2000, when they were promoted as Upper Division Clerks. The petitioners have prayed that directions be issued to the respondents to grant them advance promotional increments on completion of 23 years of service. For this relief the petitioners had also filed representations which have been rejected vide orders Annexures P-10 to P-13. A perusal of the impugned orders shows that as per PSEB Ministerial Services Class-III Regulations, 1985, Office Order No.197 dated 23.4.90, issued by the Board, in order to get advance promotional increments an employee has to qualify the Departmental Ministerial Accounts Exam. In the case of the petitioners neither they have cleared said Exam, nor the petitioners are entitled as there is no avenue for promotion. CWP No.18576 of 2008 -2- Hence, the petitioners are not entitled to any promotional increments. Moreover the petitioners have already got one promotion from Lower Division Clerk to Upper Division Clerk in the year 2000 and they have all retired during the years 2001 to 2003. In this view of the matter, we find no infirmity in the impugned orders and accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA) JUDGE October 30, 2008 (RAJAN GUPTA) Gulati JUDGE