IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.16456 of 1991 (O&M) Date of Decision : February 10, 2010. Sumitter Singh and others .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Deepak Sabharwal, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms.Charu Tuli, Senior 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? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioners seek a mandamus to direct the respondents to count their `adhoc service' towards seniority and then grant them all the `consequential' benefits. It is the case of the petitioners that they were initially appointed on adhoc basis followed by regularization of their services in terms of the Government Policy. It is well settled that the benefit of `adhoc service' cannot be granted towards seniority. Similarly, the benefits like proficiency step-up etc. are also admissible on the basis of `satisfactory regular service' C.W.P.No .16456 of 1991 (O&M) 2 without taking into account the adhoc/stop-gap period of service. The desired relief, therefore, cannot be granted to the petitioners. The writ petition stands dismissed. 10-02-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE