IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.20234 of 2010 Date of Decision : November 15, 2010. Sadhu Singh (Contractor) .....Petitioner versus Punjab State Electricity Board and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Chaman Lal Pawar, 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 a Government Contractor and was given works contract by the respondents for the repair and maintenance vide orders No.029/2841 and 030/2848. The petitioner is said to have executed the works to the entire satisfaction of the authorities and submitted the final bills but no payment is released so far. It is averred that the petitioner served the respondents with a legal notice dated 20.3.2010 (Annexure P-3) and pursuant thereto, the Deputy Chief Engineer, Hoshiarpur, vide his memo dated 13.4.2010 (Annexure P-4), advised respondent No.3 to make the necessary payments. Since respondent No.3 has not paid any heed to the said communication also, the petitioner seeks a mandamus for the release of his due payments. C.W.P.No .20234 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 merits of the petitioner's claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent No.3 to consider the pending claim of the petitioner and if he is found entitled to any payment, release the same within a period of two months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti November 15, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE