IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10085 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 26, 2010. Manjit Kaur .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Tejinder Singh, 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 widow of late Mukhtiar Singh who was working as a Peon in the Education Department, Government of Punjab. It appears from the record that Mukhtiar Singh remained under suspension w.e.f. 19.10.1986 to 9.11.1988 on account of his involvement in a criminal case. It further appears that after his conviction, Mukhtiar Singh got the case compounded on the basis of a compromise. Thereafter, Mukhtiar Singh unfortunately passed away on 1.4.1999. The District Education Officer, Moga, vide its order dated 7.6.2004, though has regularized the suspension period of the deceased employee but no arrears of pay have been paid over and above the subsistence allowance. The petitioner, on the other hand, claims that full salary for C.W.P.No .10085 of 2010 2 the suspension period be paid to her. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have served the respondents with a legal notice dated 27.6.2009 (Annexure P-5) to which, it appears, no response has been received by her. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, however without expressing any views on the petitioner's claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent Nos.2 & 3 to take cognizance of the aforesaid legal notice 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. May 26, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE