IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10478 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 28, 2010. Kailash Chander and another .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Tribhawan Singla, 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 seek a mandamus to direct the respondents to appoint them as full fledged Ziledars on probation in accordance with the letter dated 25.3.2009 (Annexure P-6) as well as on the plea that their juniors have already been promoted as such. The petitioners were appointed as Ziledars on compassionate ground on 30.4.1997 and 30.4.1998 respectively as they had lost their fathers in harness. According to the petitioners, They fulfills all the eligibility conditions for appointment as full fledged Ziledars under the Rules known as the Punjab Public Works Department (Irrigation Branch) Ziledar State Services Class-II Rules, 1955, but they have not been given such appointment rather the persons who came to be appointed on C.W.P.No .10478 of 2010 2 compassionate grounds at a later stage have been appointed. In this regard, the petitioners are said to have made representation to the authorities which was duly recommended by the Chief Engineer (Irrigation)-respondent No.2 vide memo dated 25.3.2009 (Annexure P-6) but no final decision has been taken so far. The petitioners thereafter have again represented the authorities on 26.2.2010 (Annexure P-7). In these circumstances when the Competent Authority is yet to take a final decision in the matter, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.1 to consider the claim of the petitioners for appointment as full fledged Ziledars and dispose of their pending claim by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 28, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE