IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4729 of 2010 Date of Decision : March 17, 2010. Sukhwinder Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Veneet 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 was enrolled as a Special Police Officer on 4.12.1988 by the Police Department, Government of Punjab. He is said to have worked as such till 11.3.2008 when his services were allegedly dispensed with. According to the petitioner, no reason whatsoever was assigned while relieving him from the job of SPO. He made several representations including Annexures P-8 to P-10 and P-12 to P-13, followed by a legal notice dated 17.6.2008 (Annexure P-14) but without any response. The petitioner now seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to re-employ him as SPO and thereafter consider him for absorption as Constable. C.W.P.No .4729 of 2010 2 Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and keeping in view 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 take cognizance of the legal notice served on behalf of the petitioner and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order as early as possible, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 17, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE