CWP-21067-2025 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 120 CWP-21067-2025 Date of Decision: 13.08.2025 Sikander Grewal …Petitioner(s) Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA Present:- Mr. Kuldeep Sheoran, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Tanushree Gupta, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA, J. (Oral) The petition has been filed inter alia seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to promote the petitioner to the post of TGT Social Studies from the date his juniors/similarly situated employees have been promoted vide office order dated 25.06.2022, Annexure P-4. 2. Learned State counsel has received instructions from the Department vide memo dated 12.08.2025, which is retained on the case file as Annexure ‘A’. It is to the following effect: 4. That in compliance of the directions dated 10.08.2023 passed by the Hon'ble High Court the claim of the Claimant was examined and it has been observed that the JBT Teachers who were promoted vide order dated 25-06-2022 and 30.06.2022 to the post of TGT Social Studies (Mewat Cadre) out of which some of JBT Teachers were fixed at below/down seniority no. in revised seniority list dated 19.01.2023 instead of earlier seniority list dated 01.04.2022 accordingly, after following the due process their promotion order had been withdrawn vide order no. E-2/2024/66- 80 dated 08.01.2024 and the claim of the Claimant (Sh. Sikender PAYAL 2025.08.19 09:54 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment CWP-21067-2025 -2- Grewal) has been decided by passing speaking order dated 20.02.2024 (Annexure P-9). It is also relevant to submit here that the promotion was granted to the JBT Teachers upto the seniority no. 875. However the petitioner is still at seniority no. 898. There is no one JBT Teacher who is junior to the petitioner and working/ promoted as TGT Social Studies so far. Future (Further) submitted that as per office order no. E-2/2024/556-71 dated 07.03.2024 only JBT teachers whose Seniority no. was below 875 were promoted as per seniority list 19.01.2023. The seniority no. is also mentioned in Column no. 2 in order dated 07.03.2024. All these teachers are senior to the petitioner. She, accordingly, contends that none of the petitioner’s juniors has been promoted. The revised seniority list, dated 19.01.2023, has been prepared in terms of directions issued by the Supreme Court in SLP No.25269 of 2022 titled Vikas Kumar and others v. State of Haryana and others. And JBTs up to seniority position 875 have been promoted as TGT, whereas the petitioner is at serial no.898 in the list. As and when his turn comes, his case will be considered for promotion in accordance with the Rules. 3. In view of the statement made, learned counsel for the petitioner has no objection to the petition being disposed of in terms thereof. 4. Ordered accordingly. (TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA) JUDGE 13.08.2025 Payal Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether reportable Yes/No PAYAL 2025.08.19 09:54 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment