IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7946 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 04, 2010. Baltej Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Ashwani Talwar, 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 Punjabi Master in the Education Department, Government of Punjab. He seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to fix his pay correctly on the basis of the deemed date of appointment w.e.f. 21.7.1997 already assigned to him. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have served the respondents with a legal notice dated 23.6.2008 (Annexure P-9) but there is no response thereto. The petitioner has also placed reliance upon certain orders passed by this Court from time to time. 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 No.2 to C.W.P.No .7946 of 2010 2 take cognizance of the afore-stated legal notice dated 23.6.2008 (Annexure P-9) and redress the petitioner's grievance by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 04, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE