IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8432 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 10, 2010. Sukhwinder Pal .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.R.K.Chopra, Senior Advocate with Ms.Maninder, 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 is working as a Sadar Kanungo in the office of the Deputy Commissioner, S.A.S.Nagar, Mohali. He seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to promote him to the post of Superintendent Grade- II (Revenue and Records), earlier known as Assistant Superintendent (Revenue and Records), on the plea that he is the only eligible person for promotion to that post in terms of Rule 9 (b) (ii) of the Punjab District Services (Class-III) Rules, 1976. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have represented the authorities on more than one occasions including vide representation dated 23.6.2008 (Annexure P-14) but no decision appears to have been taken thereupon so far. C.W.P.No .8432 of 2010 2 Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, however, without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to the respondents to consider and dispose of the afore-mentioned claim of the petitioner in accordance with law/Rules/Government Instructions by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 10, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE