IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1474 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision : 29.01.2010. Shabeg Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.B.S.Baath, 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? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to grant him proficiency step up after taking into account the adhoc service rendered by him. The afore-stated relief has been sought by the petitioner on the basis of the Government Circular dated 5.1.1996 (Annexure P-1). The petitioner's case is that he was appointed as a Punjabi Teacher on 11.1.1978 on adhoc basis and while working as such, his services were regularized on 1.10.1980 without any break. The petitioner avers that the service rendered by him w.e.f. 11.1.1978 to 1.10.1980 is not being counted towards grant of proficiency step up though, according to him, the Government Circular referred to above, is in his favour. C.W.P.No .1474 of 2010 (O&M) 2 The petitioner is said to have raised this plea before the authorities including by serving a legal notice dated 30.10.2009 (Annexure P-4) but without any response. Having heard counsel for the petitioner and keeping in view the nature of relief sought by him, however, without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.2 to take cognizance of the legal notice dated 30.10.2009 (Annexure P-4) and dispose of the petitioner's claim by passing a speaking order preferably within a period of 4 months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Disposed of. Dasti. 29-01-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE