cwp no.5995 of 2010.doc - 1 – HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.5995 of 2010 Date of Decision: 05.04.2010 **** Munish Kumar and another . . . . Petitioners VS. State of Punjab and another . . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 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? **** Present: Mr. R.S. Bajaj, Advocate for the petitioners ***** SURYA KANT J. (ORAL) (1). The petitioners have been deployed as SPOs by the Punjab Police, District Ludhiana. They joined as such w.e.f. 09.02.1994 and 10.10.1992, respectively. The petitioners now seek a mandamus to direct the respondents to absorb them as Constables as per the Government policy. (2). It appears that the petitioners’ claim was not considered initially on the plea that they have not passed ‘Punjabi’ as a subject in Matriculation but later on it was clarified that there is no such pre- condition for recruitment as Constables. Still their claim has not been considered though their cwp no.5995 of 2010.doc - 2 – juniors are said to have been appointed meanwhile. (3). The petitioners are said to have served upon the respondents a legal notice dated 14.12.2009 (Annexure P4) also but that too has not been responded so far. (4). In these circumstances when the petitioners have, prima facie, made out a case for consideration of their claim by the authorities, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Officers’ Committee constituted by this Court vide order dated March 4, 2010 passed in CWP No.566 of 2010 (Ranjit Singh and others v. State of Punjab and others) to consider the petitioners’ claim for recruitment as Constables within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (5). Ordered accordingly. (6). Dasti . (SURYA KANT) JUDGE 05.04.2010 vishal shonkar