IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.11582 of 2010 Date of Decision : July 15, 2010. Shalinder Kumar .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Gurnam Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.H.S.Brar, Additional AG, Punjab. -.- 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) In deference to the order dated 5.7.2010, learned Additional Advocate General, Punjab has filed counter-affidavit on behalf of the respondents which is taken on record. I have gone through the contents of the reply-affidavit. It is not in dispute that no examination for the grant of licence to the Documents Writers has been held in the State of Punjab for the last about 11 years. The only explanation given in the reply-affidavit is that the Rules were framed way back in the year 1961 and they do not meet the requirement of the present scenario. In my considered view, the respondents cannot simply sit over the matter without taking any further C.W.P.No .11582 of 2010 2 action for amending/updating the Rules and/or enforcing the existing Rule/Policy. While it is for the respondents to suitably amend the Rules in order to address the current problems faced by them, it cannot be over- looked that there is lot of scarcity of document writers due to which lot of inconveniences is caused to the general public and they are being exploited by the too busy deed writers of the State. It also needs to be kept in view that the new licenses shall also open self-employment avenues to the young generation. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the respondents to take an appropriate decision within a period of one year from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. The respondents shall be at liberty to amend and/or introduce a new set of Rules and thereafter take consequential steps to hold the examination and/or otherwise issue licences of Deed Writers to the eligible candidates by following a transparent, fair, non-discriminatory and merit based criteria. Dasti. July 15, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE