IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8772 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 13, 2010. Ram Raksh Pal .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Amit Sharma, 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 seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to release his pay and allowances for the periods from 29.11.1977 to 6.3.1979; 31.10.1983 to 28.9.1984 and 21.3.1991 to 2.6.1991, namely, the period during which he was kept under suspension and which has been later on treated as extra-ordinary leave instead of treating it as duty period. In this regard, the petitioner has already served the respondents with a legal notice dated 4.3.2010 (Annexure P-10), but without any response thereto. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent No.2 to C.W.P.No .8772 of 2010 2 consider and dispose of the afore-mentioned claim of the petitioner by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 13, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE