IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

211 Date of decision: 09.02.2026 Superintending Engineer, H.S.E.B. & another .....Appellants Versus Sita Ram and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present : Mr. Prateek Mahajan, Advocate with Mr. Kunal Soni, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. R.S. Mamli, Advocate for respondent No.1.

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NAMIT KUMAR, J. (ORAL)

1. The instant Regular Second Appeal has been directed against the judgments and decrees dated 10.09.1997 and 26.07.2000, passed by the learned Trial Court and the First Appellate Court respectively, whereby the claim of respondent No.1/plaintiff for promotion to the post of Lineman with effect from 18.05.1993 and treating him as senior to Jaswant Singh, Bhagat Ram, Dalip Singh, Ram Pal and Jiwan Lal, has been accepted with all consequential benefits.

2. Parties to the lis hereinafter shall be referred to by their original position before the learned Trial Court.

3. The brief facts of the case are that respondent No.1/plaintiff was initially appointed as Assistant Lineman, vide appointment letter dated 09.04.1973 (Ex.P1) and his services were regularised, vide order dated 15.05.1979 (Ex.D1). Jaswant Sing