IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.20045 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision : 13.01.2010 Dr.Ravi Kant Aggarwal .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Rajinder Sharma, 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 grant him higher pay scale on completion of his 9 years' regular service w.e.f. 1.1.1996, though already granted w.e.f. 1.1.1999. It appears that the higher pay scale has been denied to the petitioner w.e.f. 1.1.1996 as some of his annual confidential reports during the relevant period are `Average'. The petitioner, on the other hand, claims that the respondents, in the case of similar situated Doctors, have considered the 'Average' reports to be `Good'. On this premise, he is said to have made a representation dated 19.1.2009 (Annexure P-6) to the competent authority but without any response thereto. C.W.P.No .20045 of 2009 (O&M) 2 In these circumstances and without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim or his contention as noticed above, it would be appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Principal Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Punjab, to consider and dispose of the above mentioned representation dated 19.1.2009 (Annexure P-6), 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. 13-01-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE