IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 9306 of 2010 Date of Decision: 19.5.2010 Madan Lal and others ....Petitioners. Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL. PRESENT: Mr. Deepak Agnihotri, Advocate and Mr. Dinesh Bagga, Advocate for the petitioners. AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. In this writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have, inter alia, prayed for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the letter dated 20.4.2009 and also seniority list of 2009 (Annexure P-1) on the basis of which the private respondents have been promoted to the next higher post from the back date/deemed date of promotion. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have sent a legal notice dated 22.3.2010 (Annexure P-10) to respondent No.2 for the same relief as claimed in this writ petition but no action has been taken thereon so far and they shall feel satisfied if a direction is issued to him to decide the same in a given time frame. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioners and perusing the file, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to take a decision on the legal notice (Annexure P- 10) sent by the petitioners within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order by passing a speaking order and after affording an opportunity of hearing to all the affected parties. May 19, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) gbs JUDGE