CWP Nos.11836/2010 and connected matters 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. DATE OF DECISION: 08.7.2010 1.CWP No.11836/2010 M/s Regent Cooperative ...Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab & Others …Respondents 2.CWP No.11839/2010 M/s Regent Cooperative ...Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab & Others …Respondents 3.CWP No.11837/2010 M/s Regent Cooperative ...Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab & Others …Respondents 4.CWP No.11838/2010 M/s The Lauka Cooperative ...Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab & Others …Respondents 5.CWP No.11840 /2010 M/s The Dharampur Cooperative ...Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab & Others …Respondents CWP Nos.11836/2010 and connected matters 2 CORAM HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI PRESENT: Mr.Sanjay Nagpal, Advocate for the petitioners Ms.Kavita Arora, AAG, Punjab Permod Kohli, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. Ms.Kavita Arora, AAG, Punjab who is present in Court has been asked to accept notice on behalf of the respondents. Keeping in view the prayer made and with the consent of the counsel, these petitions are disposed of at motion stage. The petitioners were allotted contracts for various construction works for which work orders were issued in their favour. It is stated that the petitioners have successfully executed the works and the completion of the work is duly entered into the measurement roll maintained by the concerned Engineers who have also recommended the payments to the petitioners. The grievance of the petitioners is that the payments are not being released to them. The petitioners have also served legal notices which are annexed alongwith each writ petition as Annexure P-1. Without expressing any opinion on the maintainability of the writ petitions, the matter being contractual in nature, these writ petitions are disposed of with a direction to respondents to take a decision on the legal notices served by the petitioners within a period of four months from the date a certified copy of this order is furnished to the competent authority. CWP Nos.11836/2010 and connected matters 3 Needless to say, in the event the claim of the petitioners is to be rejected, it shall be by a reasoned and speaking order. Copy of this order be placed on record on each concerned file. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 08.7.2010 MFK