IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.5958 of 2011 Date of Decision : April 04, 2011. Rajinder Kumar .....Petitioner versus The Director, Department of Local Self Govt.of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Shashi Bhushan Nagpal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Monica Chhibber Sharma, DAG, Punjab, for respondent Nos.1 & 2. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion to respondent Nos.1 & 2 only at this stage. Ms.Monica Chhibber Sharma, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab accepts notice on their behalf. Let two copies of the writ petition be handed over to her during the course of day. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, neither there is any necessity to issue notice to respondent No.3 nor any need to seek counter-reply from respondent nos.1 & 2 at this stage. The petitioner seeks a mandamus to appoint him on the post of primary teacher pursuant to his selection and the decision taken to this C.W.P.No .5958 of 2011 2 effect by the Municipal Council, Longowal, District Sangrur. It is averred that the petitioner belongs to reserved category of Scheduled Caste and is entitled to the above stated appointment against the resultant vacancy available due to non-joining of duties by Baljinder Kaur who is a Scheduled Caste candidate and was selected and offered appointment. The petitioner's appointment despite resolution No.32 dated 21.1.2009 passed by the Municipality has been with-held as the said resolution to the extent it pertains to the petitioner's appointment, has been suspended vide order dated 5.3.2009 (Annexure P-4). The petitioner has thereafter been submitting representations to the State Government for revocation of the suspension of the said resolution to enable the Municipal Council to appoint him but no final decision appears to have been taken so far. The petitioner has thereafter served the respondents with a legal notice dated 21.2.2011 (Annexure P-6) also but the final decision, if any, taken at the Government level is still awaited. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, I am of the considered view that it is imperative upon respondent Nos.1 & 2 to take a final decision on the validity of resolution No.32 dated 21.1.2009 passed by the Municipal Council, Longowal, District Sangrur regarding appointment of the petitioner as ETT Teacher, especially in the light of the facts mentioned in the legal notice dated 21.2.2011. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent Nos.1 & 2 to consider the above mentioned claim of the petitioner and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order, within a period of three months from C.W.P.No .5958 of 2011 3 the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Let a copy of this order be handed over dasti to Ms.Monica Chhibber Sharma, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for information and necessary compliance. Dasti. April 04, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE