IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 8597 of 2010 Date of Decision: 11.5.2010 Er. Gurkirpal Singh ....Petitioner. Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL. PRESENT: Mr. Sanjiv Bansal, Advocate for the petitioner. AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. In this writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to count the service rendered by him in the MES Department towards his length of service for the grant of pensionary benefits. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has sent a legal notice dated 9.12.2009 (Annexure P-12) to respondents No.2 and 3 for the same relief as claimed in this writ petition but no action has been taken thereon so far and he shall feel satisfied if a direction is issued to respondent No.2 to decide the same in a given time frame. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and perusing the file, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to take a decision on the legal notice (Annexure P- 12) sent by the petitioner within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order by passing a speaking order and after affording an opportunity of hearing to him. May 11, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) gbs JUDGE