IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3412 of 2011 Date of Decision : February 25, 2011. Kewal Singh .....Petitioner versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Satish Jain, 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 is working as a Peon-cum-Chowkidar with respondent No.5-Society since 18.9.1998. He alleges that vide Circular dated 27.11.1991, though the Registrar, Cooperative Societies has fixed the working period of not more than 8 hours per day, he is still being compelled to perform his duties for 20 hours a day. The petitioner, with these facts and allegations, seeks a mandamus to direct the respondent- Society and other authorities either to pay him the over-time or to fix his working hours as per the Circular dated 27.11.1991. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have served the respondents with a legal notice dated 28.5.2010 (Annexure P-4) followed by a reminder dated 15.9.2010 (Annexure P-5) but none of them has been responded so far. C.W.P.No .3412 of 2011 2 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 No.3 to call for the records, verify the petitioner's claim and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order in accordance with the Instructions dated 27.11.1991, if applicable. The needful shall be done within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. February 25, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE