IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.11599 of 2010 Date of Decision: July 05, 2010 Jaswant Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. R.K. Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. Learned counsel contends that statutory appeal dated 17.6.2008 (Annexure P-2) filed by the petitioner is pending adjudication before the Secretary, Department of Education, Punjab, however, no decision thereon has been taken. 2. Notice of motion. 3. On the asking of the Court, Mr. B.S. Chahal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice. Requisite number of copies of the petition have been handed over to him in Court. 4. On request of learned counsel for CWP No.11599 of 2010 [2] the parties, the matter is taken up for hearing today itself in view of the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case. 5. Heard. 6. In view of the limited relief as prayed for in this petition, the Secretary, Department of Education, Punjab, is directed to take decision on appeal filed by the petitioner within a period of three months on receipt of certified copy of this order and convey the same to the petitioner. 5. The respondent would give personal hearing to the petitioner before taking decision on the appeal. It is made clear that the petitioner shall not delay the proceedings. 6. The petition is allowed in the above terms. (AJAI LAMBA) July 05, 2010 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?