IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.11819 of 2009 Date of Decision: 06.08.2009 Messers Equipment Conductors & Cables Limited Petitioner Versus The Haryana Micro and Small Enterprises and another Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH Present: Mr.Hari Om Attri, Advocate for the petitioner ….. Jasbir Singh, J.(Oral) This order will dispose of five writ petitions bearing CWP Nos.11819 to 11823 of 2009, involving similar questions of law and facts. For facility of reference, facts are being mentioned from Civil Writ Petition No.11819 of 2009. By filing this writ petition, the petitioner prays that a writ of mandamus be issued, directing respondent No.1, to decide claim of the petitioner on merits, at an early date. Before respondent No.1, the petitioner has put up a claim for payment of interest on delayed payment by respondent No.2. Claim was filed in the month of August 2001. Thereafter, proceedings continued before respondent No.1, without any final decision. For an early disposal of its claim, the petitioner came to this Court, by filing CWP Nos.3160 to 3164 of 2006, which were disposed of on 31.5.2006, directing the petitioner herein to move an application before the appellate authority, for appropriate orders. Civil Writ Petition No.11819 of 2009 It is case of the petitioner that an application before the Secretary Industries was fixed on 10.3.2006, for early hearing of its claim, however, no action was taken, despite sending representations to the authority concerned. The petitioner has stated that after many adjournments, the matter was finally heard on 19.5.2009. No order has been pronounced. In view of facts mentioned in this case, there is no necessity to give any finding on merits, however, to safeguard rights of the petitioner, respondent No.1 is directed, if it has heard the final arguments, to pass a final order regarding claim of the petitioner, as per law. Needful be done within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition stands disposed of. 06.08.2009 (Jasbir Singh) gk Judge 2