IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.5077 of 2011 Date of Decision : July 08, 2011. Tarsem Lal and others .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.L.M.Gulati, 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioners are working as Class-IV employees in the Department of Cultural Affairs, Archeology and Museum, Government of Punjab. They are aggrieved by the promotion granted to their alleged juniors, namely, respondent Nos.3 to 6 who are working as Gallery Attendants. The case of the petitioners is that all the Class-IV employees constitute a joint cadre and since they also possess the qualification of matriculation and are senior to the private respondents, they ought to have been promoted. It is also alleged that the petitioners came to know about the promotion orders dated 14.11.2005 and 14.12.2006 (Annexures P-6 & CWP No.5077 of 2011 [2] P-7, respectively) only in December, 2009 when the seniority list was circulated. It is also alleged that soon thereafter, the petitioners represented the authorities vide representations dated 6.1.2010, 19.1.2010, 15.7.2010 and 26.7.2010 (Annexures P-8 to P-11) but no decision taken thereupon has been conveyed to them so far. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, however, without expressing any views on the merits of their claim or on the plea as to when they came to know about the promotion granted to the private respondents, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider the above mentioned claim of the petitioners as also contained in the aforementioned representations and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order, within a period of six months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. July 08, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE