CWP No. 16738 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -- CWP No. 16738 of 2011 Date of decision: 19.10.2011 Haryana Development Authority Joint Action Committee through its working Secretary ...... Petitioner Versus Haryana Urban Development Authority .......Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Ms Justice Nirmaljit Kaur -.- Present: Mr. Deepak Nayyar, Advocate for the petitioner -.- 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest? Nirmaljit Kaur, J. (Oral) Prays for issuance of direction to the respondent to decide the legal notice dated 25.02.2011 (P2) and allow the benefit of Haryana Govt. circular dated 07.03.1996 because of changing date of regularisation by the respondent. Contends that the respondent – department has changed the regular dates of employees working in the department as 03.08.1993, 19.03.1997 and 01.07.2004 but as per the Haryana Government circular dated 07.03.1996 as well as the order of the High Court, remaining employees were regularised w.e.f. 31.03.1993, 01.02.1996 and 01.10.2003. As such, the majority of employees got the benefit of regularisation but rest CWP No. 16738 of 2011 2 of the employees could not get the benefits because of changing date of regularisation by the respondent- department. The petitioner served a legal notice dated 25.02.2011 (P2) upon the respondent-department. However, the same is still pending and has not been decided. In view of the above, the present writ petition is disposed of with direction to the respondents to decide the legal notice dated 25.02.2011 (P2) of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible, preferably within three months from the receipt of the certified copy of this order. In case, the aggrieved employees are not found entitled for the said relief, the respondents shall pass a speaking order. (Nirmaljit Kaur) Judge 19.10.2011 mohan