IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ****

CWP No.5166 of 2021 Reserved on : December 09, 2024 Pronounced on : January 08, 2025 Rohtash Kumar Bansal and others ...... Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ...... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. S.K. Malik, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Saurabh Mohunta, DAG, Haryana.

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NAMIT KUMAR, J. (Oral)

1. The petitioners have approached this Court by way of filing the instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari seeking quashing of the order dated 01.03.2019 (Annexure P-12), vide which their claim for notional promotion on the post of 'Executive Engineer' w.e.f. 06.08.2014, has been rejected, and further a writ of mandamus has been sought to direct the respondents to notionally promote the petitioners to the post of 'Executive Engineers' from the said date, with all consequential benefits.

2. The brief facts, as have been pleaded in the petition, are that the petitioners, after joining their service in the year 1976, have improved their qualification by passing the degree in Civil Engineering or AMIE equivalent to