IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP NO. 469 OF 2009 DATE OF DECISION: 13.1.2009 Satnam Singh ...Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI PRESENT: Mr.S.K.Rattan, Advocate for petitioner Mr.B.S.Chahal, DAG, Punjab Permod Kohli, J. (Oral) On the asking of this Court, Mr. BS Chahal accepts notice on behalf of the respondents-State. With the consent of the counsel, this petition is disposed of at motion stage. The petitioner was promoted as Headmaster in the year 1983. Number of Headmasters, junior to the petitioner have been promoted as Principals. The petitioner has made various representations and has also served legal notice dated 26.8.2008 (Annexure P-11) for his consideration CWP NO. 469 OF 2009 :2: for promotion to the post of Principal, but even the representations and the legal notice have not been decided till date. In the meanwhile, the petitioner retired from service on 28.5.2008. This petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the respondents to decide the representations/legal notice of the petitioner in the light of the averments made therein within a period of two months from the date a certified of this order is made available to the competent authorities. Needless to say in the event the claim of the petitioner is to be rejected, it shall be by a reasoned and speaking order. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 13.1.2009 MFK