IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.22723 of 2010 Date of Decision : December 20, 2010. Ajit Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Parminder Singh Grewal, 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 an approved Government Contractor who is said to have been allotted the works by respondent No.3 for Cement Concrete Flooring (CC Flooring) of the streets and construction of roads in Mansa Town. The petitioner avers that the works have been executed by him to the entire satisfaction of the authorities, however, the payment is not being released despite submission of the final bills by him. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have served the respondents with a legal notice dated 15.7.2010 (Annexure P-1) followed by a reminder dated 12.10.2010 (Annexure P-2) but no payment is said to have been released so far. C.W.P.No .22723 of 2010 2 Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, however, without expressing any views on the petitioner's claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.3 to consider and dispose of the the afore-mentioned claim of the petitioner, within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Needless to say that if the petitioner is found entitled to any payment, the same shall also be released to him within the stipulated period. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. December 20, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE