IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8343 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 07, 2010. Ramji Verma .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.RK.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 is working as a Math Master in the Education Department, Government of Punjab. He seeks a mandamus to direct the official respondents to promote him to the post of Lecturer from the date his alleged junior, namely respondent No.4, was promoted. It is averred that the petitioner possesses the requisite qualifications and his service record is also up to the mark. It is further averred that while the petitioner was appointed on adhoc basis on 4.10.1980, respondent No.4 was appointed as such on 27.10.1982 and their services were regularized on 1.4.1985. On this premise the petitioner asserts himself to be senior to respondent No.4. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have served the official respondents with a legal notice dated 18.2.2010 (Annexure P-4) C.W.P.No .8343 of 2010 2 staking his claim for the above-mentioned promotion. However, there is no response thereto. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent Nos.2 & 3 to take cognizance of the above-mentioned legal notice served on behalf of the petitioner and dispose of the petitioner's claim regarding promotion by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 07, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE