IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3727 of 2010 Date of Decision : March 04, 2010. Vinod Kumar .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Kapil Kakkar, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner seeks a mandamus for his appointment as Science Master in the Education Department, Government of Punjab. He alleges that despite his aggregate merit of 68.1%, the candidates lower in merit like respondent No.3 (Vinay Bikram) have been appointed. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and keeping in view the fact that the relief sought in this writ petition is founded on the factual assertions which need to be verified by the authorities, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.2 to verify the above noticed facts and dispose of the petitioner's claim C.W.P.No .3727 of 2010 2 by passing a speaking order as early as possible, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 04, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE