IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.12947 of 2010 Date of Decision : July 26, 2010. Inder Singh .....Petitioner versus Union of India and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Gurmeet Singh, 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) Notice of motion. Mr.Anil Kumar Gahlawat, Advocate, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter-reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner is said to have applied for issuance of a passport on 6.11.2009 but his application is still stated to be lying pending. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.2 to dispose of the petitioner's pending application for issuance of C.W.P.No .12947 of 2010 2 passport, by passing a speaking order within a period of one month from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. July 26, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE