IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.18486 of 2011 Date of Decision : September 29, 2011. Baljinder Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab 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 who is working as a Mali-cum-Chowkidar on daily wage basis in the respondent department, seeks a mandamus for regularization of his services in terms of the Government Policy dated 15.12.2006 (Annexure P-1). He also relies upon an office order dated 24.5.2011 (Annexure P-2) whereby the respondents have regularized the services of similarly placed employees. The petitioner has lodged his claim vide a representation dated 20.7.2011 (Annexure P-5) followed by a legal notice dated 16.8.2011 (Annexure P-6) also but without any response thereto so far. CWP No.18486 of 2011 [2] In these circumstances, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner as contained in the aforementioned legal notice dated 16.8.2011 in the light of the Government Policy dated 15.12.2006 read with the office order dated 24.5.2011 and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order, within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. September 29, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE