IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.5005 of 2011 Date of Decision : March 18, 2011. Jaswinder Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.H.S.Sethi, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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 petitioner who is a Municipal Councilor of Jalandhar, seeks a writ of prohibition to restrain the Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar from absorbing respondent No.3 as a Clerk on the plea that there are more than 74 clerks who are already surplus in the Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar and absorption of respondent No.3 shall not be in the administrative and public interest. The above stated claim has been raised by the petitioner by serving a legal notice dated 10.1.2011 (Annexure P-3) also. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and without going into the locus-standi of the petitioner at this stage especially when he does not appear to be an affected person, I deem it appropriate to C.W.P.No .5005 of 2011 2 dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Principal Secretary to the Department of Local Government, Punjab, to consider the petitioner's allegations as contained in the legal notice dated 10.1.2011and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 18, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE