Civil Writ Petition No.11164 of 1988 -1- ... IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.11164 of 1988 Date of Decision : 24.09.2010 Satpal Singh Sandhu ...... Petitioner Versus The Secretary of Government, Punjab and others ...... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present:- Mr. Ravi Kant Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. O.P. Dabla, D.A.G. Punjab, for respondents No.1 and 2-State. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) Petitioner-Satpal Singh Sandhu, Clerk in the office of Director of Industries, Punjab, has filed the present writ petition seeking direction to Secretary and Director, Industries, Punjab that his seniority be fixed over and above respondents No.3 to 32. 2. The solitary ground on which the petitioner seeks seniority, is that he joined as Clerk in the office of Election Department on April 6th, 1970 as per appointment letter (Annexure P- 2) issued by Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab and thereafter he joined the Industries Department, as per appointment letter (Annexure P-3) dated April 11th, 1975 issued by Director of Industries, Punjab. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that the appointment of the petitioner in Industries Department vide letter Annexure P-3 is to be considered in continuation of his earlier appointment in the Election Department. 4. This Court has perused both the appointment letters (Annexures P-2 and P-3). A perusal of the appointment letter Annexure P-3 shows that the petitioner's appointment in the Civil Writ Petition No.11164 of 1988 -2- ... Industries department was fresh one and not in continuation of his earlier appointment in Election Department. It has also been mentioned in the appointment letter (Annexure P-3) that the seniority of the petitioner was to be fixed from the date of joining in the Industries Department. 5. In this view of the matter, this writ petition is meritless and is dismissed. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 24.09.2010 neetu