IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.2903 of 2011 Date of Decision : February 16, 2011. Mangal Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Kamaljeet Singh Sidhu, 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 seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to regularize his services as Timber Watcher. It is averred that the petitioner joined the respondent-Forest Development Corporation as a Timber Watcher in the year 1990 on daily wages and is working as such since then uninterruptly to the satisfaction of the authorities. It is further averred that in terms of the Government Policy dated 23.1.2001 (Annexure P-1), the petitioner who has completed more than three years service on the cut off date, is entitled for regularization of his services. It is stated that the petitioner's case for regularization of services was recommended by respondent No.3 vide memo dated 17.10.1996 (Annexure P-2) but the services of his juniors have been regularized vide order dated 22.10.2003 C.W.P.No .2903 of 2011 2 (Annexure P-4) ignoring the claim of the petitioner in violation of Articles 14 & 16 of the Constitution of India. In this regard, the petitioner has served the respondents with a legal notice dated 25.12.2009 (Annexure P- 7) also, to which he is still awaiting response. 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 the same with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider the above-mentioned claim of the petitioner and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. February 16, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE