IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 512 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : 20.05.2009 Shadi Ram .... PETITIONER Versus Food Corporation of India and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Sanjiv Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner, who at present is working as Assistant Grade-I (Depot) in the office of the Food Corporation of India at Karnal, has filed the instant petition for issuing direction to the respondents to consider his claim for promotion to the post of Manager (Depot), which according to the petitioner was earlier withheld in the year 2000 due to the charge sheet pending against him. It is the case of the petitioner that finally, the said charge sheet has been decided in his favour. The Appellate Authority has allowed the appeal filed by the petitioner against the order of penalty and has exonerated the petitioner of all the charges. Thereafter, he moved representations to the respondents for considering his claim for promotion on the post of Manager CWP No. 512 of 2009 -2- (Depot). It is further case of the petitioner that on the basis of the said representations, copies of which have been annexed with the petition as Annexures P-6 and P-7, the Manager, Food Corporation of India, District Office, Karnal, recommended to the Assistant Zonal Manager, Food Corporation of India, to consider the claim of the petitioner for promotion. On 16.9.2008, again another letter was written to the same effect, copy of which has been annexed as Annexure P-9. It is the case of the petitioner that in spite of the said recommendation, till date, the Zonal Manager, Food Corporation of India, has not taken any final decision on the representations, filed by the petitioner. In view of the aforesaid facts, after hearing counsel for the petitioner, without issuing notice of motion as it will un-necessary delay the matter, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the Zonal Manager (North), Zonal Office, Noida, Food Corporation of India, to consider and decide the said representations Annexures P-6 and P-7, filed by the petitioner, in accordance with law, by passing a speaking order, expeditiously and preferably within a period of three months. May 20, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE