IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18111 of 2010 Date of Decision : October 06, 2010. Dalip Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.G.S.Kaura, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.H.S.Brar, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 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. Mr.H.S.Brar, learned Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass there is no need to seek any counter reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to allot the ration depot in his favour. The petitioner applied for allotment of the depot under the Ex-Serviceman category and claims himself to be eligible for the said allotment on the basis of the recommendations made by the duly constituted Allotment Committee. In this regard, the petitioner C.W.P.No .18111 of 2010 2 made a representation dated 5.5.2010 (Annexure P-5) followed by reminders dated 10.8.2010 and 16.9.2010 (Annexures P-6 & P-7 respectively) but without any response thereto. Apprehending that the said ration depot may not be allotted to someone else, the petitioner has approached this Court. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, however, without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent Nos.2 & 3 to consider the above-mentioned representation/claim of the petitioner and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Till then, the afore-mentioned ration depot shall not be allotted to anyone. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. October 06, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE