IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.21486 of 2008 Date of Decision : December 22, 2008 Sukhdev Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others. .....Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN Present : Mr. Naresh Prabhakar, Advocate 1. Whether Reports 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? M.M. KUMAR, J. This petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondents to consider the notice dated 6.8.2008 and to appoint the petitioner as Junior Scale Stenographer (Hindi) from the date when the selection was made by respondent No.3. It is claimed that after conducting the examination, the respondent No.3 forwarded the name of the petitioner so as to appoint him as Junior Scale Stenographer but the petitioner did not receive any formal appointment letter. In this regard, the petitioner has already sent a legal notice dated 6.8.2008 (P-8), however, no reply is stated to have been received. Without going into the merits of the case, we deem it just and appropriate to direct the respondents to take cognizance of the legal notice dated 6.8.2008 (P-8) sent by the petitioner and decide the same expeditiously preferably within a period of two months from the date a certified copy of this order is presented to them. If the claim of the petitioner Civil Writ Petition No.21486 of 2008 -2- is found to be meritorious and decided in his favour then the benefit accruing to him shall be disbursed within two weeks thereafter. It shall be appreciated if a speaking order is passed. Petition stands disposed of in the above terms. ( M. M. KUMAR) JUDGE ( K.KANNAN ) December 22, 2008 JUDGE ajay-1