IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.17989 of 2010 Date of Decision : October 04, 2010. Basant Singh Brar .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Parminder Singh Sekhon, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Anil K. Sharma, Addl. Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 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) Notice of motion. Mr.Anil Kumar Sharma, learned Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to allot him the “fancy number” for which he has applied pursuant to the auction notice dated 10.9.2010 (Annexure P-1) and is stated to be the highest bidder. Suffice it to mention here that vide the afore-mentioned C.W.P.No .17989 of 2010 2 auction notice dated 10.9.2010 (Annexure P-1) certain vehicles registration numbers were put to auction by the respondents and the petitioner is one of the successful bidders. However, he is still awaiting for allotment of such a number. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider and dispose of the pending claim of the petitioner by passing a speaking order, within a period of two weeks from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. October 04, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE