IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10217 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 27, 2010. Malkiat Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.R.K.Arora, 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, who is working as Headmaster in the Education Department, Government of Punjab, has filed a departmental appeal against the order dated 11.3.2010 (Annexure P-1) whereby the charge-sheet served on him though has been dropped and his suspension period has been regularized but no subsistence allowance has been paid for the said period. The above-stated appeal has been preferred before the Minister-in-Charge of the Department who is the Competent Authority under the Rules of Business of the State. The petitioner now seeks a direction for decision of his appeal on merits. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Appellate C.W.P.No .10217 of 2010 2 Authority to consider and dispose of the petitioner's pending appeal in accordance with law, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 27, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE