Krishan Kumar, a former employee of the Punjab Mandi Board who was appointed as a Typist in 1986 and later promoted to Senior Assistant, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging an order dated 02.06.2020 by which his claim for promotion to the post of Secretary, Market Committee was not considered and instead his case for promotion to Superintendent Grade-II was rejected. The petitioner contended that he was eligible for promotion to Secretary, Market Committee from 15.10.2004, having been granted a deemed date of promotion as Senior Assistant from 15.10.1992, thereby completing the requisite 12 years of experience well before his retirement on 31.07.2018. The respondents, Punjab Mandi Board, countered that the petitioner was actually promoted as Senior Assistant only on 21.12.2011 and retired on 31.07.2018, thus not completing the mandatory 12 years of experience required under the un-amended rules, and that the subsequent amendment reducing the experience requirement from 12 to 7 years (effective 08.10.2018) came after his retirement and could not benefit him. The key legal question before the court was whether the petitioner's deemed date of promotion as Senior Assistant (15.10.1992) should be reckoned for computing the 12-year experience requirement for promotion to Secretary, Market Committee. The judgment text provided is incomplete and does not record the final decision of the court.