IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.19515 of 2010 Date of Decision : November 01, 2010. Ram Lakhan .....Petitioner versus Punjab Mandi Board and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Virinder Kumar Shukla, 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 a Mali-cum-Chowkidar in the Market Committee, Moga, w.e.f. 23.6.1987. The petitioner is statedly working un-interruptedly and against a regular vacant post. His grievance is that despite having served for more than 23 years, his services have not been regularized though he is entitled to the same in terms of various Government policies issued from time to time including dated 23.1.2001, 26.5.2003 and 15.12.2006 (Annexures P-2 to P-4, respectively). In this regard, the petitioner has already approached the respondents time and again including vide legal notice dated 10.8.2010 (Annexure P-5) but without any response thereto so far. C.W.P.No .19519 of 2010 2 Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and keeping in view the length of service rendered by the petitioner to the satisfaction of the respondents as also the principles laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Secretary, State of Karnataka and others versus Uma Devi and others, 2006 (4) SCC 1, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the petitioner's claim for regularization of his services in accordance with law/Government Policies, within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. November 01, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE