IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1742 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision : February 03, 2010. Harjit Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Rajinder Sharma, 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? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner, who belongs to the reserved category (Scheduled Caste), seeks a mandamus to direct respondent Nos.1 & 2 to consider and appoint him as Multi Purpose Health Worker (Male) on the plea that his overall merit is higher than respondent No.3-a General Category candidate who has already been appointed. The petitioner's precise case is that while he secured 72.1% marks, respondent No.3 got 71.9% marks and yet he (respondent No.3) has been appointed. The petitioner served the respondents through legal notice dated 1.2.2009 (Annexure P-7) but there is no response thereto. C.W.P.No .1742 of 2010 (O&M) 2 In these circumstances when the petitioner has raised a specific factual plea, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider the claim of the petitioner as contained in the legal notice dated 1.2.2009 (Annexure P-7) and if the averments made therein were to be correct, take necessary action to appoint the petitioner in accordance with law. The needful shall be down within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Disposed of. Dasti. 03-02-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE