IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 19474 of 2011 Date of decision : 18.10.2011 Jasbir Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and others ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Ms. Puja Chopra, Advocate for the petitioner. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) Only prayer made by petitioner in the instant petition is for issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus to direct the respondents to grant him permission to pursue higher education through distant learning course. Learned counsel places reliance on policy, Annexure P-4 in support of her contention that petitioner is entitled to pursue higher studies. Notice of motion. On the asking of court, Mr. B.S. Chahal, DAG Punjab agrees to accept notice. He submits that he has no objection in case a direction is issued to respondents No. 3/4 for consideration of case of the petitioner keeping in view policy aforesaid. Under the circumstances, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondents No. 3/4 to consider the case of the petitioner in light of the policy stated to have been issued by Director General School Education, Punjab, Annexure P-4 and take a decision expeditiously. October 18, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE