1 C.W.P. No. 9940 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH --- Civil Writ Petition No.9940 of 2010 Date of decision: May 26, 2010 Rajinder Kumar --- Petitioner Versus Punjab State Power Corporation Limited, Patiala and others --- Respondents --- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL ---- Present: Mr. Veneet Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. ---- AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. In this petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ of mandamus, directing the respondents to pay equal salary to him as is being paid to his junior, i.e. respondent No.5 since 1.1.2002, along with all consequential benefits. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has already made a representation dated 22.7.2009 (Annexure P-3) for the same relief as has been claimed in the present writ petition, but no action has been taken thereon by the respondents so far. He further submits that the petitioner shall feel satisfied if a direction is issued to respondent No.3 to decide the aforesaid representation in a given time-frame. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and perusing the record, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.3 to decide the representation dated 22.7.2009 (Annexures P-3), by passing a speaking order 2 C.W.P. No. 9940 of 2010 in accordance with law, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) May 26, 2010 JUDGE *rkmalik*