IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18602 of 2010 Date of Decision : October 13, 2010. Angrej Singh and another .....Petitioners versus Punjab State Electricity Board and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Avnish Mittal, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Anil Kumar Sharma, Addl. AG, Punjab for respondents. -.- 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) Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr.Anil Kumar Sharma, learned Additional Advocate General, Punjab, who is on the panel of the respondents, accepts notice on their behalf. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioners are agriculturists who seek a mandamus to direct the respondent-authorities to release their tubewell connections forthwith. It is averred that pursuant to the Commercial Circular No.41/97 dated 1.2.1997, vide which the villages with `water logging area' including C.W.P.No .18602 of 2010 2 the village of the petitioners have been identified, have been included in the priority list of agriculturists of Muktsar district to apply electricity connections. The petitioners are said to have applied under the said Scheme vide receipt Nos.442 and 443 dated 29.10.1997 (Annexure P-2) respectively. It is alleged that despite awaiting for more than 13 years, the electricity connections have not been released and the petitioners are still running from pillar to post. The petitioners are also said to have served the respondents with a legal notice dated 31.5.2010 (Annexure P-3) to which there is no response so far. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioners regarding release of the electric connection for agriculture purposes as per the afore-stated commercial circular by passing a speaking order or by doing the needful within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. October 13, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE