IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.20428 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: November 04, 2011 Prof.Devinder Singh Chahal …..Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.Naresh Ghai, Advocate for the petitioner .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) Only grievance of the petitioner in the instant case is that his name was not considered by the Departmental Promotion Committee despite the fact that he was eligible to be considered after taking into consideration ACRs of last five years. According to him, after the petitioner received copies of confidential reports under the Right to Information Act, 2005, he found that he would get 18 out of 20 marks and thus, eligible for promotion as Principal. He submits that he has also preferred representation dated 2.9.2011 (Annexure P-6). However, no decision has been taken thereon. On the asking of the court, Mr.B.S.Chahal, DAG, Punjab, who is present in court, accepts notice on behalf of respondents. Learned State counsel submits that he has no objection in case a direction is issued by this court to the concerned authority for taking a decision on the representation (Annexure P-6) preferred by petitioner. Civil Writ Petition No.20428 of 2011 - 2 - In view of above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to take a decision on representation (Annexure P-6) preferred by petitioner expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months. November 04, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE 2