IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

259 Date of decision: 29.07.2025 DR MILI NAG BISWAS ......Petitioner VERSUS UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS .......Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ *****

Present: - Mr. Nitin Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Sunil Kumar Sharma, Senior Panel Counsel, for the respondents.

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

1. The present writ petition has been instituted seeking quashing of the order dated 05.11.2024, whereby the posting of the petitioner as Deputy Inspector General (Medical), Jodhpur, has been cancelled. The petitioner further prays for issuance of an appropriate direction to the respondents to consider and effectuate her posting as DIG (Medical).

2. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner, a medical officer of considerable seniority and merit, has been serving in the Border Security Force for over three decades with an unblemished service record. It is urged that a Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) convened in February 2023, however, did not consider the petitioner for promotion to the post of Deputy Inspector General (Medical), despite several of her juniors being considered and ultimately promoted