CWP No.9596 of 1993 : 1 : In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision: 17.12.2009 Gian Chand Gupta ... Petitioner Versus The State of Haryana and another ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: Mr.DR Bansal, Advocate,for the petitioner. Mr.RD Sharma, DAG, Haryana, for the respondents. PERMOD KOHLI, J. (Oral): The petitioner was serving as a Master. His seniority was fixed at serial No.397-A in the seniority list circulated vide order dated 1.1.1975.He was also shown at serial No.399 in the seniority list published on 1.1.1979 (Annexure P-1). It is alleged that the petitioner was eligible for promotion as Lecturer on the basis of the aforesaid seniority. The persons junior to the petitioner were promoted ignoring his claim. The petitioner made representation for his promotion as Lecturer. He was ordered to be promoted on 23.09.1986 with effect from 16.08.1975, the date persons junior to him have been promoted. However, the petitioner was denied arrears of pay prior to the date of joining as Lecturer. It is this order which has been challenged in the present writ petition. CWP No.9596 of 1993 : 2 : The grievance of the petitioner is that in other similarly situated cases the promotees have been granted benefit of arrears though confined to three years two weeks whereas the petitioner has been discriminated in the matter of grant of arrears. The petitioner has relied upon the order dated 19.1.1987 (Annexure P-3) whereby various persons promoted from Masters to Head Masters have been granted arrears restricting three years and two months. This aspect has not been disputed in the reply filed by the respondents. In view of the above, this petition is allowed. The respondents are directed to pay arrears to the petitioner for the period preceding three years two months from the date of passing of the order of promotion dated 23.09.1986 (Annexure P-2). 17.12.2009 (PERMOD KOHLI) BLS JUDGE Note: Whether to be referred to the Reporter? NO