IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

204 Date of decision: 12.02.2026 Jarnail Singh .....Appellant Versus Municipal Committee, Rajpura and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present : Ms. Sushma Varma Syal, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. D.S. Randhawa, Advocate for respondents No.1 and 2.

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NAMIT KUMAR, J. (ORAL)

1. The appellant/plaintiff is before this Court in this Regular Second Appeal, impugning the judgments and decrees dated 16.11.1988 and 05.11.1998, passed by the learned Trial Court and the First Appellate Court, respectively, whereby his claim challenging the promotion order of respondent/defendant No.3-Gurdip Singh, dated 17.04.1984 and seeking his promotion with effect from the date respondent No.3 was promoted, has been rejected and the suit filed by him has been dismissed.

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

3. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that the plaintiff joined service as Octroi Peon (Sewadar) in Municipal Committee, Rajpura on 06.01.1978. His services were regularised and confirmed with effect from 06.01.1982. Defendant No.3 initially