IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.2505 of 2010 Date of Decision : February 11, 2010. Harbans Dass .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Amit Sharma, 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? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the official respondents to promote him as lecturer from the date his alleged juniors have been promoted. He also seeks the consequential benefits including arrears of pay from the date of notional promotion with interest. The petitioner's case is that S/Sh.Parmod Kumar and Parminder Singh, both were juniors to him as Science Masters but they have been promoted as lecturers on the basis of the Degrees of Masters in Commerce possessed by them, over-looking the fact that the petitioner did his Mater in Commerce in June, 1995. The petitioner is said to have served the respondents through a legal notice dated 30.12.2009 (Annexure P-6) C.W.P.No .2505 of 2010 (O&M) 2 but no response has been received so far. In these circumstances, however, 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 the respondents to take cognizance of the legal notice dated 30.12.2009 (Annexure P-6) served on behalf of the petitioner and consider and dispose of the petitioner's 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. 11-02-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE