IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

118 CWP-18537-2025 Date of Decision: 08.07.2025 Balkar Singh …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: - Mr. Balbir Singh Jaswal, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Aman Dhir, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab ***

JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (Oral)

1. The petitioner through instant petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India is seeking direction to respondents to consider him for promotion from the date his junior Nirmal Singh was promoted.

2. The petitioner joined Punjab Police as Constable on 04.12.1981. From time to time, he was promoted. He retired as Assistant Sub-Inspector on 30.06.2015.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner as well as his junior Nirmal Singh passed Lower School Course in 1992. Nirmal Singh joined service on 08.09.1983. Both petitioner and Nirmal Singh were promoted as Assistant Sub-Inspector in 2010. However, while Nirmal Singh was further promoted to the rank of Sub-Inspector in 2014, the petitioner was not extended the benefit of such promotion.

4. The petitioner retired on 30.06.2015 and cause of action, if an