IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP NO.16348 of 2006 DATE OF DECISION: October 13, 2006 Buta Singh ….Petitioner VERSUS Punjab Warehousing Corporation and another …..Respondents CORAM:- HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VINEY MITTAL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.PATWALIA PRESENT: Shri K.S.Rekhi, Advocate for the petitioner. Viney Mittal,J.(Oral). Notice of motion to the respondents. On the asking of Court, Shri Sukhdip Singh Brar, Additional Advocate General, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Copies of the writ petition have been supplied to the learned counsel for the respondents. The petitioner has approached this Court for issuance of directions to the respondents to release the amount of handling cartage contract for the year 2004-05 of Mandi Chhehrata as per the rates i.e. 133% above the F&S schedule which according to the petitioner was settled vide sanction letter dated May 14, 2004 (Annexure P.1). CWP NO.16348 of 2006 -2- From the perusal of the record, we find that a legal notice dated September 21, 2006 (Annexure P.4) has been issued by the petitioner which remains unresponded so far. In this view of the matter, without going into the merits of the claim made by the petitioner, we dispose of the present petition with a direction to the District Manager, Punjab Warehousing Corporation, Vasant Avenue, Amritsar, respondent No.2 to take a final decision on the aforesaid legal notice (Annexure P.4) within a period of four months from the date a certified copy of this order is received, by passing a detailed and speaking order. A copy of the order be given dasti on payment of usual charges. (Viney Mittal) Judge October 13, 2006 (P.S. Patwalia) KD Judge