IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.9220 of 2009 Date of Decision:- 11.06.2009 Megh Raj ....Petitioner(s) vs. State of Punjab and others ....Respondent(s) *** CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH *** Present:- Mr.Vaneet Soni, Advocate, for the petitioner. *** AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (Oral) Counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has preferred an appeal along with an application for stay which has not yet been decided by the Competent Authority i.e. respondent No.2. He prays that he would be satisfied if a direction is issued to respondent No.2 to consider and decide the petitioner's application for stay as well as the appeal within some specific time. He further contends that in a similar matter, this Court in C.W.P.No.9093 of 2009 dated 5.6.2009 has issued such directions. Without going into the merits of the case and without commenting upon the assertions made by the counsel for the petitioner, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2-Director, Department of Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab SCO No.49, Sector 17-E, Chandigarh, to consider and decide the petitioner's application for stay as well as the appeal within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. June 11, 2009 ( AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) poonam JUDGE