IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP. No. 6177 of 2010 Date of Decision: 6.4.2010. Jagdish --Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others --Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI. Present:- Mr. Sushil Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner. *** PERMOD KOHLI.J (ORAL) Notice of motion. Mr. R.K.S. Brar, Addl. A.G., Haryana has been asked to accept notice on behalf of respondents-State. Keeping in view the nature of relief claimed and with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is being disposed of at the motion stage itself. The petitioner came to be appointed in the year 1993 during the period drivers and conductors of Haryana Roadways proceeded on strike. However, after some time the services of the petitioner were dispensed with. Petitioner was later brought on the waiting list and re-appointed in District Karnal on 16.10.1998. His services were again dispensed with on 7.5.2002. The petitioner challenged the aforesaid order of termination in CWP No. 17697 of 2002, which is pending in this Court. The petitioner is still in service. His services have been regularized w.e.f. 22.10.2007. The petitioner is, however, claiming regularization w.e.f the date of his initial engagement. Petitioner has served a legal notice (Annexure P-3) in this respect which remains undecided. CWP. No. 6177 of 2010 -2- One of the prayer made in the writ petition is for a direction to respondent no.3 to consider and decide the legal notice served by the petitioner. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent no.3 to take decision on the legal notice servied by the petitioner within a period of three months from the date certified copy of this order is served upon the said respondent. Needless to say that in the event the claim of the petitioner is to be rejected, the same shall be by a reasoned and speaking order. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 6.4.2010. lucky