IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.16179 of 2009 Date of Decision: October 23, 2009 Dhanwant Singh & Others .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. D.D. Bansal, Advocate, for the petitioners. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to make payment of House Rent/ Rural Allowance to the petitioners. It has been pleaded that the petitioners were re-employed under the Punjab School Teachers Re-employment Act, 2006. As per Section 3 of the Act, the teachers such as the petitioners, are to be paid remuneration equivalent to the difference between their last pay drawn and pension admissible to them. CWP No.16179 of 2009 [2] Learned counsel contends that in various schools of District Bathinda, re-employed teachers have been paid House Rent/ Rural Allowance. The petitioners, however, have not been paid the said allowance. Being aggrieved by the action of the respondents, a legal notice dated 10.7.2009 was served by the petitioners through the counsel. Claim of the petitioners has neither been allowed nor any decision on the legal notice has been taken. Considering the fact that prima facie the petitioners have been able to show that their legal notice needs to be responded, it is directed that the respondents shall take a final decision in regard to the legal notice within a period of four months from the receipt of a certified copy of this order. Decision needs to be reasoned and a speaking order, and is required to be conveyed to the petitioner. The petition is disposed of accordingly. (AJAI LAMBA) October 23, 2009 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?