1 C.W.P. No. 9968 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH --- Civil Writ Petition No. 9968 of 2010 Date of Decision: May 26, 2010 Lakha Singh --- Petitioner Versus Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited and another --- Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL *** PRESENT: Mr. R.K. Chopra, Senior Advocate with Ms. Maninder Kaur, Advocate for the petitioner. --- AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. In this petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ of mandamus, directing the respondents to carry out the counting of 2584 bags of paddy, which according to him is weighing 904.40 Kgs each, supplied by the petitioner-firm and release the payment of Rs. 14,33,928/- withheld by them. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has already served a legal notice dated 25.1.2010 (Annexure P-3) for the same relief as has been claimed in the present writ petition, but no action has been taken thereon by the respondents so far. He further submits that the petitioner shall feel satisfied if a direction is issued to respondent No.2 to 2 C.W.P. No. 9968 of 2010 take decision on the aforesaid legal notice, in a given time- frame. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and perusing the record, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction that respondent No.2 shall take final decision on the legal notice dated 25.1.2010 (Annexure P-3), served by the petitioner, by passing a speaking order in accordance with law, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) May 26, 2010 JUDGE *RKMALIK*