IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 18891 of 2006 Date of Decision: Nov. 5, 2008 Charanjit Singh ...................................................... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ................................ Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashutosh Mohunta Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. B.S.Bhasaur, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Charu Tuli, Sr. DAG, Punjab, for the respondents. .... ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J. (Oral) The petitioner has prayed for quashing the order Annexure P/1 vide which his ORP rank of ASI was withdrawn. The petitioner joined the service of the Punjab Police as a Constable. He was promoted as Head Constable on 23.9.1992. He was granted out of turn ORP rank of Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) on 4.5.2000 with the condition that he will not claim seniority over his seniors. Certain persons who were senior to the petitioner approached this Court by filing various Civil Writ Petitions, one of them being CWP No.1815 of 1999 which was decided with a direction that the cases of all the persons who had secured out of turn promotion be reconsidered. [ 2 ] C.W.P. No. 18891 of 2006 Accordingly, in the year 2005 a committee was constituted in the office of the Director General of Police, Punjab, to consider the claim of the petitioner and other police personnel who had done good work on the anti- terrorist front. The case of the petitioner and all other persons who had got fortuitous/ORP promotions to the rank of ASI were considered. After reviewing his case, he was allowed to continue as Head Constable. However, the ORP rank of ASI was withdrawn on the ground that the petitioner had done no substantial or outstanding work against the terrorists. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had done outstanding work on the terrorist front, therefore, he be allowed to retain the ORP rank of ASI. In reply to the aforementioned contention raised by the counsel for the petitioner, counsel for the State submits that the service record of the petitioner is very bad as his last 12 years service has been forfeited on four different occasions and thereafter the ORP rank of the petitioner has been withdrawn on 10.1.2006 by the Director General of Police, Punjab, as per the committee report after reviewing his entire case. It is further contended that no discrimination has been made with the petitioner. We have heard counsel for the parties and found that in view of the poor service record of the petitioner, the ORP rank of ASI given to the petitioner has rightly been withdrawn by the orders passed by the Director General of Police. Moreover, the petitioner was granted the adhoc promotion on the condition that he will not claim seniority over his seniors and that he can be reverted without issuance of any show cause notice. [ 3 ] C.W.P. No. 18891 of 2006 Resultantly, we find no merit in the writ petition and the same is dismissed. ( ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA ) JUDGE ( RAJAN GUPTA ) JUDGE 5.11.2008 rupi