IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10203 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 27, 2010. Head Constable Hans Raj and another .....Petitioners versus The Secretary to Govt. of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Manu K.Bhandari, 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 are working as ORP-Head Constable on completion of 16 years of services in the Punjab Police and are presently posted in District Patiala. They seek a mandamus to direct the respondents to promote them as Head Constables on regular basis against the posts created vide order dated 28.12.2006 (Annexure P-5) and with effect from the dates when their juniors were allegedly promoted. It is also alleged that the directions issued by this Court in Civil Writ Petition No.13788 of 1997, decided on 21.4.1998, are not being followed while making the promotions. In this regard, the petitioners are said to have served the respondents with a legal notice dated 1.4.2010 (Annexure P-6) but without any response thereto. C.W.P.No .10203 of 2010 2 Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners, I am of the considered view that the petitioners' claim for regular promotion in the rank of Head Constables can be effectively dealt with the the Officers' Committee consisting (i) Shri Parag Jain, IPS, IGP/Head Quarters, Punjab Police; (ii) Smt.Gurpreet Kaur Deo, IPS, DIG, Administration, Punjab Police Headquarters; and (iii) Shri M.S.Gill, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, constituted by this Court vide an order dated 4.3.2010 passed in C.W.P.No.566 of 2010 (Ranjit Singh and others versus State of Punjab and others) , for redressal of grievances of the police personnel like the petitioners in this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the aforesaid Officers Committee to consider the claim of the petitioners in accordance with the Rules/Policies as well as the facts pleaded in the writ petition and take an appropriate decision within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. It is made clear that in case the Committee recommends in favour of the petitioners, such recommendations shall be given effect forthwith unless the Competent Authority disagrees for the reasons to be assigned in writing. Dasti. May 27, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE