IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. LPA No. 717 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: July 12, 2010 Lakhwinder Singh and others …Appellants Versus Parshotam Singh and others …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE A.N. JINDAL Present: Mr. Vikram Bali, Advocate, for the appellants. 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. KUMAR, J. The instant appeal filed under Clause X of the Letters Patent challenges order dated 30.3.2010, passed by the learned Single Judge in CWP No. 1101 of 2010. The learned Single Judge has disposed of CWP Nos. 307, 689, 1101 and 3385 of 2010. The petitioners as well as the private respondents in the said writ petitions are Sub Inspectors in the Punjab Police and there is dispute regarding their inter-se seniority. Orders dated 1.1.2010 and 4.1.2010 passed by official respondents were also subject matter of challenge whereby names of certain persons were approved for entry to promotion List ‘F’, which was prepared on 1.1.2010, for promotion to the rank of Inspectors under the Punjab Police Rules, 1934. A bare perusal of the impugned order passed by the learned Single Judge shows that the learned counsel for the parties have consented that the issues raised in the said writ petitions can be effectively gone into by the Officers’ Committee constituted by this Court in the case of Ranjit Singh and others v. State of Punjab and others (CWP No. 566 of 2010). There was some reservations against composition of the said Committee, which was remedied by LPA 717 of 2010 (O&M) the learned Single Judge. Accordingly the learned Single Judge while disposing of the writ petitions has directed constitution of another Committee headed by Shri S.K. Sharma, IPS, Additional Director General of Police, Human Rights, Punjab, Chandigarh, along with Mr. Parag Jain, IPS, IGP/Head Quarters, Punjab Police and Shri M.S. Gill, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, to be duly assisted by Shri H.S. Sidhu, IPS, DIG, Punjab Police. Certain directions have also been issued to the aforesaid Committee to be complied with while deciding the issues raised in the petitions. The instant appeal has been filed by the appellants, who were private respondents in CWP No. 1101 of 2010, apprehending that their rights would be prejudiced because the Officers’ Committee is headed by Shri S.K. Sharma, IPS, Additional Director General of Police, Human Rights, Punjab, Chandigarh. Having heard learned counsel for the appellants we are of the view that there is no legal infirmity in the impugned order because before the learned Single Judge both the parties agreed that the controversy could be resolved by the Officers’ Committee. Even the learned Single Judge has ordered constitution of another Committee at the instance of both the parties. The apprehension of the appellants is premature and has no legs to stand because while issuing directions to be complied with by the Committee, learned Single Judge has specifically noted that the aggrieved party shall be at liberty to seek redressal of its grievance before an appropriate forum. Once the appellants have agreed before the learned Single Judge then there is no scope left for interference in the Letters Patent appeal. The appeal is wholly without merit and does not warrant admission. There is, thus, no merit in the instant appeal. Dismissed. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE 2 LPA 717 of 2010 (O&M) (A.N. JINDAL) July 12, 2010 JUDGE Pkapoor 3