IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7631 of 2010 Date of Decision : April 29, 2010. Prem Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.S.K.Rattan, 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 joined as a Language Teacher (Punjabi) at Government Higher Secondary School, BSL (Beas Sutlej Link) Project, Slapper, Sunder Nagar on 5.9.1986. The said school was subsequently taken over by the BBMB. While serving as such, the petitioner joined as Punjabi Master in the Education Department, Government of Punjab, w.e.f. 4.1.1997. He has now retired on attaining the age of superannuation. The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to count the service rendered by him in the School which was under the BSL Project and/or the BBMB, towards pay protection/fixation of pay, annual increments/ proficiency step-up and also towards retiral benefits, on the plea that the BBMB is a joint venture of the Central Government and the C.W.P.No .7631 of 2010 2 State Government. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have served the respondents with a legal notice dated 12.3.2010 (Annexure P-9) to which no response has been received so far. 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 Nos.1 & 2 to take cognizance of the aforesaid legal notice served on behalf of the petitioner and dispose of the petitioner's claim by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. April 29, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE