IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 251 CWP-5918-2025 (O&M) Date of decision: 16.05.2025 Ramesh Kumar and others ...Petitioners VERSUS State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Raman B. Garg, Advocate and Mr. Mayank Garg, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. Aman Bahri, Addl. AG Haryana. Mr. Naren Pratap Singh, Advocate for respondents No.5 to 7. ***** VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) 1. The instant petition has been filed by the petitioners seeking setting aside of the impugned inter se seniority list (Tentative) dated 09.01.2025 and cadre-wise seniority list dated 31.12.2024 whereby respondents No.5 to 7 have been shown senior to the petitioners. 2. Learned State counsel on instructions from Mr. Deepak, Deputy Director, MSME, Haryana has referred to the memo No. MSME/Court Case/2025/3117 dated 13.05.2025 and contends that the respondent-State will take into consideration all the objections that have been raised by the petitioners before finalization of the seniority list of Industrial Extension Officers (IEOs) at Headquarter and Field as well as the tentative inter se seniority list of the IEOs and that till such time the matter is finalised MANGAL SINGH 2025.05.20 17:37 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 2 251 CWP-5918-2025 (O&M) comprehensively including at the cadre level, further promotions shall not be made by the respondents. 3. In view of the aforesaid statement, the present petition is disposed of as having been rendered infructuous at this stage. 4. The respondents shall remain bound by the statement to not effect any promotion till the seniority list is finalised. They shall also not give effect to the finalization of seniority list for a period of one week after such a decision to enable the petitioners to take recourse to the legal remedies in case the petitioners are not satisfied with the same. 5. All pending civil misc. application(s), if any, stand disposed of. (VINOD S. BHARDWAJ) 16.05.2025 JUDGE Mangal Singh Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No MANGAL SINGH 2025.05.20 17:37 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document