In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh C.W.P. No. 15429 of 2006 Date of Decision: September 26, 2006 Mahender and another …Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI PRESENT: Mr. M.R. Verma, Advocate, for the petitioners. JUDGMENT M.M. KUMAR, J (Oral) This petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to deposit the amount in GPF accounts which has been regularly deducted from their salary since 1996 and also to deposit the instalments of Additional Dearness Allowance/Dearness Allowance in their GPF accounts, which have been released from time to time. For the relief claimed in the instant petition, the petitioners have sent legal notices dated 15.12.2005 (P-1) and 12.1.2006 (P-2) to the respondents. CWP No. 15429 of 2006 Without going into the merits of the case, we deem it just and appropriate to direct the respondents to take cognizance of the legal notices dated 15.12.2005 and 12.1.2006 (P-1 and P-2 respectively) sent by the petitioners and decide the same expeditiously preferably within a period of four months from the date a certified copy of this order is presented to them. It shall be appreciated if a speaking order is passed. Petition stands disposed of in the above terms. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (M.M.S. BEDI) September 26, 2006 JUDGE Pkapoor 2