IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7968 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 04, 2010. Gurdial Kaur .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....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 to the post of Punjabi Mistress. She avers that in the selection list, she is placed at Sr.No.268 in the reserved category of Scheduled Castes (Ramdasia and others) and in the sub-category of Wards of Freedom Fighters as she is also the grand-daughter of a Freedom Fighter. The petitioner is said to have secured 44.7818 marks and her grievance is that the Wards of Freedom Fighters of General Category, upto 36.7889 merit points have been given appointment over-looking the petitioner's superior claim based upon higher merit. In other words, the petitioner asserts that even if she is not entitled to be appointed against a reserved category post of Scheduled Caste, she being higher in merit than the C.W.P.No .7968 of 2010 2 candidates already given appointments, in the category of Wards of Freedom Fighters, is entitled to be appointed in the said Category. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have represented the authorities vide representation dated 12.2.2010 (Annexure P11) but no action has been taken thereon so far. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the fact that assertions made by the petitioner need to be verified by the authorities to decide her claim for appointment to the post of Punjabi Mistress, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the above-mentioned claim of the petitioner and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of two weeks from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 04, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE