IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.12987 of 2011 Date of Decision : July 25, 2011. Jalmohinder Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.M.L.Saini, 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 served the respondent-department as a Punjabi Teacher till he retired w.e,f. 31.8.2005 on attaining the age of superannuation. The petitioner's case is that he earlier worked on adhoc basis for the period w.e.f. 3.11.1973 to 9.11.1973 and 8.6.1974 to 18.8.1974. The said period has not been taken into account towards the 'qualifying service' for the purpose of retiral dues. The petitioner seeks a mandamus for counting of the said period for the purpose of pensionary benefits. The petitioner has also served the respondents with a legal notice dated 10.2.2011 (Annexure P-1) for the said relief. CWP No.12987 of 2011 [2] Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider and dispose of the claim of the petitioner as contained in the aforementioned legal notice, by passing a speaking order within a period of six months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. \ Ordered accordingly. Dasti. July 25, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE