Civil Writ Petition No. 15328 of 2006 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 15328 of 2006 Date of Decision: 25.9.2006 Qabul Shah Khuban ..Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINEY MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.BHALLA Present:- Mr. Gaurav Bhayyia, Advocate for the petitioner. VINEY MITTAL,J. ( ORAL) The petitioner has approached this Court for issuance of the direction to release the payments, which the petitioner-Society claims, are due and payable on account of the completion of work. From the perusal of the record, we find that a legal notice dated October 28,2005 (Annexure P-2) has been issued by the petitioner, which remains unresponded so far. In this view of the matter, without commenting on the merits of the claim made by the petitioner-Society, we dispose of the present petition with a direction to the Executive Engineer, Eastern Division, Canal, Canal Colony, Ferozepur, respondent No.4, to take a final decision on the aforesaid legal notice (Annexure P-2) and take such other appropriate action, as is required in accordance with law, within a period of four months by passing a detailed and speaking order. A copy of the order be given dasti on payment of usual charges. ( VINEY MITTAL ) JUDGE ( H.S.BHALLA ) 25.9.2006 JUDGE VK