CWP No.3982 of 2010.doc - 1 – HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.3982 of 2010 Date of Decision: 08.03.2010 **** Suman Lal . . . . Petitioner VS. State of Punjab and others . . . . . 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. Surmukh Singh, Advocate for the petitioner ***** SURYA KANT J. (ORAL) (1). The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to offer her appointment to the post of Teaching Fellow in the Education Department, Government of Punjab. (2). The petitioner belongs to Scheduled Caste (R&O) reserved category and had applied in response to an advertisement dated 27.09.2008 (Annexure P9) issued for the posts of Teaching Fellow reserved for the Scheduled Castes. The petitioner is claimed to have secured 62.744 merit points. However, the candidates securing upto 61.718 merit points and belonging to the same reserved CWP No.3982 of 2010.doc - 2 – category, are said to have been given appointment whereas, the petitioner has been left out for no tangible reason. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have served the respondents with a legal notice dated 22.12.2009 (Annexure P12) but there is no response thereto. (3). Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and keeping in view the nature of relief sought for by him, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondents No.3 & 4 to take cognizance of the above-mentioned legal notice and dispose of the petitioner’s claim by passing a speaking order as early as possible and preferably within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (4). Ordered accordingly. (5). Dasti . (SURYA KANT) JUDGE 08.03.2010 vishal shonkar