IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.16201 of 2010 Date of Decision : September 10, 2010. Prem Lal and others .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Vipin Mahajan, Advocate, for the petitioners. -.- 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 petitioners are working as Peons in the Municipal Council, Gurdaspur. They seek a mandamus to direct the respondents to promote them to the posts of Clerks in terms of the decision taken by the Municipal Council, Guraspur vide Agenda Item No.24 in its meeting held on 25.4.2005. It is alleged that on several occasions the Municipal Council has resolved to promote the petitioners but it has not been given actual effect. In this regard, the petitioners are said to have served the respondents with a legal notice dated 28.3.2010 (Annexure P-8) also but there is no response thereto. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners, however, without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioners' claim, I C.W.P.No .16201 of 2010 2 deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent Nos.2 & 3 to consider the above mentioned claim of the petitioners, as contained in the legal notice dated 28.3.2010 (Annexure P8) and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order in accordance with law/Policy, within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. September 10, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE