IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10162 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 27, 2010. Manish Kumar .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.S.S.Behl, 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 seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to appoint him as regular Ziledar on probation in accordance with the letter dated 25.3.2009 (Annexure P-5) and also keeping in view of the fact that the junior persons have already been promoted as full fledged Ziledars. The petitioner was appointed as Ziledar on compassionate grounds on 10.5.1999 as he lost his father in harness. According to the petitioner, he fulfills all the eligibility conditions for appointment as a full fledged Ziledar under the Rules known as the Punjab Public Works Department (Irrigation Branch) Ziledar State Services Class-II Rules, 1955, but he has not been given appointment as such though the persons who came to be appointed on compassionate grounds at later point of time, C.W.P.No .10162 of 2010 2 have been appointed. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have made a representation to the authorities which was duly recommended by the Chief Engineer (Irrigation)-respondent No.2 vide memo dated 25.3.2009 (Annexure P-5) but no final decision has been taken by the Competent Authority so far. The petitioner thereafter again represented the authorities on 15.3.2010 (Annexure P-6 to consider his claim. In these circumstances when the authorities are 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 petitioner for appointment as a full fledged Ziledar and dispose of his 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 27, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE