IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.12558 of 2011 Date of Decision : August 29, 2011. Jagtar Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Ranjodh Singh Sidhu, 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 grievance of the petitioner is that the Ex-servicemen Category candidates have not been given due representation while making recruitment to the posts of Panchayat Secretaries pursuant to the advertisement issued way back on 19.9.1998. The petitioner's own case is that the recruitment was finalized only on 12.10.2001. His further case is that some of the selected candidates have been given appointment as late as in the year 2007. It is also contended that out of 909 appointees, only 35 belong to the Ex-Servicemen category. The above stated claim has been lodged by the petitioner vide a representation dated 4.4.2011 (Annexure P-9) also, but without any CWP No.12558 of 2011 [2] response thereto. Having regard to the nature of controversy and the relief sought by the petitioner, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider the above noticed claim of the petitioner and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order, within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. August 29, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE