CWP No.6725 of 2010 --1-- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.6725 of 2010 Date of decision : 9.4.2010 Anil Kumar Chadha ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL **** Present: Ms. J J Kaur, Advocate, for the petitioner. **** AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. (ORAL) The petitioner has approached this Court under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus for directing the respondents to consider and appoint the petitioner by promotion to the post of Junior Engineer (Electrical) which is lying vacant at Municipal Corpration, Jalandhar. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner has served a legal notice dated 3.8.2009 (Annexure P-5) to the respondents ventilating the claim as set up in the writ petition on which, no action has been taken so far. Learned counsel further states that at this stage, the petitioner shall feel satisfied in case a time-bound direction is issued to respondent No.2 to consider and CWP No.6725 of 2010 --2-- decide the legal notice (Annexure P-5). After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner and perusing the file, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider and decide the legal notice (Annexure P-5), after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and by passing a speaking order within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. April 9, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) atulsethi JUDGE