Civil Writ Petition No.2523 of 2011 #1# IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No.2523 of 2011 Date of Decision:-10.02.2011 Updesh Singh. ......Petitioner. Versus State of Punjab & Anr. ......Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH. Present:- Mr. Ashu Kaushik, Advocate for Mr. Ranjan Lakhanpal, Advocate for the Petitioner. *** JASWANT SINGH, J.(ORAL) Petitioner has filed the instant Civil Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order for directing the respondents to give benefit of service and increments from the period 01.06.1979 to 25.01.1982 and also to give proficiency step up available to the petitioner after 18 & 24 years of his service. It is submitted that petitioner who has been continuously working as Platoon Commander in the Department of Home Guards and Director of Civil Defence, Punjab w.e.f. January 1982 has not been given his increments w.e.f. 1985. Civil Writ Petition No.2523 of 2011 #2# At the time of arguments learned counsel for the petitioner states that petitioner would be satisfied if his legal notice dated 29.03.2010 (P-4) and subsequent reminder dated 03.05.2010(P-5) is ordered to be decided by passing a speaking order. The request is genuine and, therefore, the same is accepted. Petition is disposed of without adverting to merits of the case or legal issue of delay, with the direction to the respondents to dispose of the legal notice(P-4) in accordance with law by passing a speaking order within a period of three months from the receipt of certified copy of this order. Disposed of in above terms. ( JASWANT SINGH ) JUDGE February 10, 2011 Vinay