219 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH DECIDED ON:30.10.2025 O. P. MALIK .....PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS .....RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL Present: Mr. S.K. Malik, Advocate for petitioner.

Mr. Rahul Dev Singh, Addl A.G.,Haryana *****

SANDEEP MOUDGIL, J (ORAL)

1. Prayer The petitioner has filed the present writ petition under Articles

226/227 of the Constitution of India praying for quashing of seniority list dated 09.08.2018 (Annexure P-11) to the extent it shows him at serial No. 80 below his alleged juniors, namely Sh. Suresh Kumar at serial No. 21, and further for directing the respondents to grant him promotion as Sub Divisional Engineer (SDE) w.e.f. 20.07.2011, i.e. from the date his alleged juniors were promoted, with all consequential benefits, as well as for issuance of directions to grant him look-after charge (LAC) of the post of Executive Engineer w.e.f. 12.06.2018.

2. Brief Facts The petitioner was appointed as a Junior Engineer (Civil) in the Public Health Engineering Department, Haryana, on 30.11.1980 on an ad hoc basis. His services were later regularised with effect from 01.11.1986 and subsequently confirmed