Surinderpal Singh and Ors. v. Kumar Rahul, IAS and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Surinderpal Singh and Ors v. Kumar Rahul, IAS and Anr, COCP-374-2025 (O&M), High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, decided 05.08.2025 by Harkesh Manuja, J. (oral): petition disposed of as no cause survived after respondents' counsel, on instructions from Kumar Rahul, IAS, undertook that the petitioners' Steno Typist to Assistant/Senior Assistant promotion claims would be considered under the Punjab Civil Services (Promotion of Stenographers and Steno Typists) Rules, 1961 within two weeks; rule discharged; pending applications disposed of. Counsel: R.K. Arora for petitioners; Saurav Verma, Addl. A.G. Punjab for respondents.
What did the court decide?
Upon learned counsel for the respondents submitting, on instructions from respondent Kumar Rahul, IAS, that the petitioners' claim for promotion from the post of Steno Typist to Assistant/Senior Assistant shall be considered under the Punjab Civil Services (Promotion of Stenographers and Steno Typists) Rules, 1961 within two weeks from today, the Court held that no cause survives in the present petition.