IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10575 of 2009 Date of Decision : April 05, 2010. Swaranjit Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.G.S.Bal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.K.S,Dadwal, Addl. AG, 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 petitioner, who was promoted as Inspector in the Punjab Police but has been reverted to the rank of Sub-Inspector (with local rank of Inspector), is aggrieved at the order dated 14.5.2009 (Annexure P-9) whereby his claim for continuation as Inspector on regular basis, has been turned down. The impugned order dated 14.5.2009 (Annexure P-9) has been passed apparently on the ground that out of turn promotion given to the petitioner would be at the cost of the persons senior to him. 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), this Court has constituted an Officers Committee consisting (i) Shri Parag Jain, IPS, IGP/Head Quarters, Punjab Police; (ii) Smt.Gurpreet Kaur Deo, IPS, DIG, C.W.P.No .10575 of 2009 2 Administration, Punjab Police Headquarters; and (iii) Shri M.S.Gill, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, to consider and redress the grievances of the police personnel like the petitioners in this writ petition. In my considered view, the claim of the petitioner can also be effectively gone into by the Officers' Committee in the light of the parameters laid down in Ranjit Singh's case (supra). 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 three 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 petitioner, such recommendations shall be implemented by the Competent Authority unless it disagrees for the reasons to be assigned in writing. Needless to say that the Officers' Committee shall decide the matter independently, un-influenced of the reasons given in the impugned order dated 14.5.2009. Dasti. April 05, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE