IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.17276 of 2010 Date of Decision : September 24, 2010. The Bahadur Hussain Cooperative Labour & Construction Society Ltd. .....Petitioner versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Hemant Saini, Advocate, for the petitioners. -.- 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 is a Cooperative Labour and Construction Society who is said to have given works contracts by the respondents long time back. The petitioner avers that the alleged works have been executed by it to the entire satisfaction of the respondents authorities and thereafter, final bills have been submitted on 30.4.2007. It is alleged that despite the directions contained in the Government Notification dated 15.8.2009 to the effect that `payments should be made to the Labour and Construction Societies every fortnightly for the works executed', the respondents has failed to release the payment to the tune of Rs.1,75,174/- to the petitioner- society for the admitted works executed by it. In this regard, the petitioner- C.W.P.No .17276 of 2010 2 society is said to have served the respondents with a legal notice dated 3.3.2010 (Annexure P-2) followed by a reminder dated 10.8.2010 (Annexure P-3) but it appears that there is no response thereto. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent Nos.2 to 5 to consider the claim of the petitioner as contained in the legal notices dated 3.3.2010 and 10.8.2010 and dispose of its pending claim by passing a speaking order, within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Needless to say that if the petitioner-society is found entitled to any payment, the same shall be released to it within the stipulated period. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. September 24, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE