IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH --- Civil Writ Petition No.9901 of 2010 Date of decision: May 26, 2010 Amarjit Singh --- Petitioner Versus The State Transport Commissioner, Punjab, Chandigarh and another --- Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL ---- Present: Mr. Sushil Saini, Advocate for the petitioner. ---- AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. In this petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ of mandamus, directing the respondents to finalise and approve the time-table pertaining to the route permit for the route, Barnala to Malerkotla via Sherpur and return from Malerkotla to Barnala via Sherpur; and also for a direction to respondent No.2 to provide equal frequency on the said route to the bus operators who are operating on the route with valid permits. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has already served a legal notice dated 25.4.2010 (Annexure P-4) for the same relief as has been claimed in the present writ petition, but no action has been taken thereon by the respondents so far. He further submits that the petitioner shall feel satisfied if a direction is issued to the respondent concerned to take decision on the aforesaid legal notice, (Annexure P-4) in a given time-frame. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and perusing the record, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction that the respondent concerned shall take final decision on the legal notice dated 25.4.2010 (Annexure P-4), served by the petitioner, by passing a speaking order in accordance with law, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) May 26, 2010 JUDGE *rkmalik*