IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4943 of 2010 Date of Decision : March 18, 2010. Sukhraj Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.J.S.Verka, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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) The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to employ him as Home Guard Volunteer on compassionate ground under the Ex-gratia Policy of the State Government. The petitioner's case is that his father was employed as a Home Guard on 6.2.1985 and was allotted No.S.E.173. The father of the petitioner continued to serve as such till he unfortunately passed away on 29.1.2005. The petitioner, thereafter, has been running from pillar to post to seek his employment on compassionate ground as Home Guard Volunteer. However, the Competent Authority intimated the petitioner and his mother vide letter Annexure P-6 that the case regarding appointment of the petitioner under the Ex-gratia policy has been sent to the State C.W.P.No .4943 of 2010 2 Government and a decision in this regard was still awaited. The petitioner has thereafter again represented the Authorities on 17.11.2007 and 22.12.2009 (Annexures P-8 & P-10 respectively) but no final decision has been conveyed to the petitioner so far. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition and on perusal of the documents on record, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider and dispose of the claim of the petitioner by passing a speaking order as early as possible, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 18, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE