IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.8571 of 2011 Date of Decision : May 13, 2011. Harjeet Virk .....Petitioner versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Dr.M.L.Sachdeva, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to appoint her on the post of Social Studies Mistress reserved for the category of the dependents of the ex-servicemen. It is stated that the petitioner is the only candidate of the said reserved category who has made it to the merit list and there are total 183 posts which are still lying vacant. The petitioner is also said to have sought the aforesaid relief vide representation dated 10.1.2008 (Annexure P-9) followed by an application dated 13.9.2010 (Annexure P-10) but no decision appears to have been taken thereupon so far. In these circumstances and without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this CWP No.8571 of 2011 [2] writ petition with a direction to respondent nos.2 & 3 to consider the above mentioned claim of the petitioner and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 13, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE