IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P No.10253 of 2010 Date of Decision:22.9.2011 Krishan Lal .... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others .... Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present: Mr. B.S. Sudan, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Priyanka Dalal, A.A.G. Haryana. Mr. Sanjay Chauhan, Advocate for respondents No.6 & 7. Mr. Raman B. Garg, Advocate for respondent No.9. **** 1.Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers 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? NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (Oral) Through the present writ petition, the prayer has been made for quashing the orders dated 18.1.2010 & 23.4.2010 ( P-16 & P-17 ) whereby respondents No.4 to 11 who are junior to the petitioner have been promoted to the post of Secretary without considering the claim of the petitioner with further prayer to promote the petitioner as Secretary with all consequential benefits with effect from the date the persons junior to him have been granted promotion. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondents No.6 and 7 states that the petitioner has since been granted promotion as Secretary from 18.1.2010 i.e. the date on which the persons junior to the petitioner have been granted promotion. However, the State has not filed any reply although time was granted subject to payment of Rs.5000/- as costs. Neither any C.W.P No.10253 of 2010 -2- reply has been filed nor the cost has been paid. Learned counsel for the petitioner, however, states that the petitioner has been granted promotion with all consequential benefits except the arrears of salary for the said period. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of as having been rendered infructuous. However, the petitioner shall be at liberty to challenge the order vide which arrears of salary have been denied to him. The respondent-State shall also pay Rs.5000/- as costs as directed by this Court vide order dated 12.5.2011 to the petitioner. A copy of this order be given dasti to the learned State counsel under the signatures of Court Reader. 22.9.2011 ( NIRMALJIT KAUR ) rajeev JUDGE