IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.18276 of 2011 Date of Decision : September 28, 2011. Gurbachan Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Anurag Goyal, 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 for his promotion as Senior Auditor with effect from the date his juniors were promoted vide order dated 25.4.2007 (Annexure P-7). It may be mentioned here that the petitioner has since been promoted from a subsequent date but he was not considered for promotion on 25.4.2007 as he was facing trial in a criminal case under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, in which he was acquitted on 28.4.2008. Hence, the petitioner claims promotion from the date when his juniors were promoted. It is also claimed that the petitioner has been acquitted on merits. The above stated relief has been sought by the petitioner vide CWP No.18276 of 2011 [2] representations dated 2.11.2010 and 13.9.2011 (Annexures P-10 & P-11, respectively) also but without any response thereto so far. In these circumstances and without expressing any views on the entitlement of the petitioner or on the nature of his acquittal in the criminal case, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to take an appropriate decision on the aforementioned representations of the petitioner 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. September 28, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE