IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4730 of 2010 Date of Decision : March 17, 2010. Dr.Pritpal Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.D.K.Nagar, 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner is serving as a Medical Officer in the Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Punjab. He seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to grant him ACP under the Assured Career Progression Scheme on completion of his 4, 9 & 14 years of service. The petitioner claims that he is fully eligible in terms of the Scheme but has been deprived of the aforesaid benefits arbitrarily . In this regard, the petitioner is said to have served the respondents with a legal notice dated 8.10.2009 (Annexure p-7) but without any response. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it C.W.P.No .4730 of 2010 2 appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent No.2 to take cognizance of the legal notice dated 8.10.2009 served on behalf of the petitioner and decide the same by passing a speaking order as early as possible, preferably within a period of 4 months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 17, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE