IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.23314 of 2010 Date of Decision : September 13, 2011. Ashok Kumar .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Kapil Kakkar, 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 seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to consider him for appointment to the post of Headmaster in the reserved category Scheduled Caste (Ex-Serviceman). The petitioner claims to have got 58.97 merit points and states that the reserved posts of his category are still lying vacant. It is further averred that in the third counseling held on 25.8.2008, the petitioner was informed that the names have already been recommended for appointment. The petitioner is said to have raised the above stated claim by way of a representation dated 25.7.2009 (Annexure P-9) also. He also relies upon a decision of this Court dated 15.3.2010 passed in CWP No.14705 of 2008 (Jyoti versus State of Punjab and CWP No.23314 of 2011 [2] others) (Annexure P-11). Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to decide the petitioner's pending representation within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. The ratio decidendi of the decision in Jyoti's case (supra), be also kept in view while taking the decision. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. September 13, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE