IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.5076 of 2011 Date of Decision : March 21, 2011. Ranjit Singh Nikkra .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.S.S.Rangi, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Monica Chhibber Sharma, DAG, Punjab. -.- 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. Ms.Monica Chhibber Sharma, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab accept notice on behalf of the respondents. Let two copies of the writ petition be supplied to her during the course of day. 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 who claims himself to be the President of Youth Akali Dal (Longowal), seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to provide him adequate security in the wake of grave and imminent threats to his life and liberty as being vulnerable to a militant attack. C.W.P.No .5076 of 2011 2 Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature of relief sought by the petitioner, I am of the considered view that no direction need be issued by a writ Court in this regard. I say so for the reason that the assessment of the threat perception, if any, is the duty of the authorities to whom such task is assigned. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent No.3 to get the threat perception to the petitioner, if any, assessed and do the needful strictly in accordance with law, within a period of two weeks from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. This order shall not be construed to mean a direction by this Court to provide security to the petitioner or any other person even if there is any threat perception. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 21, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE