IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10094 of 2009 Date of Decision : March 11, 2010. ASI (L/R) Preet Inder Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.G.P.S.Bal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.B.S.Chahal, DAG, Punjab. -.- 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 is working as ASI (local rank) in the Punjab Police. He seeks to quash the order dated 24.10.2008 (Annexure P-10) vide which his representation dated 11.7.2007 has been rejected by respondent No.2. He also seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to consider and promote him to the rank of Head Constable and above, in terms of the recommendations made by respondent No.3 on 1.12.2005 against Sports quota, with effect from the date when his juniors have been promoted. In short, the grievance of the petitioner is that he is an outstanding sports-person and on that basis is entitled to be promoted to C.W.P.No .10094 of 2009 2 the rank of Assistant Sub Inspector from the date when his alleged juniors were promoted. The petitioner is said to have made a representation in this regard on 11.7.2007 (Annexure P-8) which has been rejected by respondent No.2 vide order dated 24.10.2008 (Annexure P-10). During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the parties are ad-idem that the contention raised on behalf of the petitioner in this writ petition may be gone into by an 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, attached with the DGP, 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), to consider and redress the grievances of the police personnel like the petitioner in this writ petition. Having heard learned counsel for the parties at some length, it appears to be that the grievance of the petitioner needs to be redressed immediately by the Committee constituted under the order dated 4.3.2010 passed by this Court in CWP No.566 of 2010 (Ranjit Singh and others versus State of Punjab and others). The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the aforesaid Officers Committee to consider the claim of the petitioner 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 one month from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. It is made clear C.W.P.No .10094 of 2009 3 that in case the Committee recommends in favour of the petitioner, the recommendations shall be implemented by the Competent Authority forthwith unless disagrees for the reasons to be assigned in writing. Dasti. March 11, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE