IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1086 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision : 22.01.2010. Narinder Kumar and others .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Ramesh Goyal, 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? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioners seek a mandamus to direct the respondents to consider and promote them them Selection Grade Planning Draftsmen w.e.f. the dates the vacancies in promotion quota became available. They also seek a direction for the grant of consequential benefits. It is the case of the petitioners that since regular vacancies became available on 14.6.1998, 10.11.1998, 25.2.1999, 3.5.2001, their claim for promotions ought to have been considered at the time when the vacancies arose, yet the second respondent has granted them short-term adhoc promotions only thereby depriving them of the benefits like selection grade, proficiency step-up, Assured Carrier Progression Scale C.W.P.No .1086 of 2010 (O&M) 2 etc., which are admissible only on the basis of regular service. In support of their claim, reliance is placed by the petitioners on some intra- departmental correspondence dated 5.4.2007 (Annexure P-2) and 22.10.2007 (Annexure P-4). The petitioners appear to have been deprived of promotions from the due dates when vacancies arose for the reason that they are mere not possessing three years experience on regular basis on the posts of Senior Planning Draftsman. Their contention, on the other hand, is that the requirement being of `experience' only, the services rendered by them even on short-term basis is liable to be taken into account for the purposes of such `experience'. In the light of the contention noticed above, which aspect does not appear to have been examined by the respondents so far, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.1 to take cognizance of the legal notice dated 12.10.2009 (Annexure P-8) served on behalf of the petitioners and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order preferably within a period of four months from date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Disposed of. Dasti. 22-01-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE