CWP No. 21542 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 21542 of 2010 Date of Decision: December 03, 2010 Balwant Singh ...... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Tewari Present: Mr. Vipin Mahajan, 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? Ajay Tewari, J. The petitioner is working as peon in the Municipal Council, Gurdaspur. He seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to promote him to the post of Clerk in terms of the decision taken by the Municipal Council, Gurdaspur, vide Agenda Item No.24 in its meeting held on 25.04.2005. It is alleged that on several occasions Municipal Council has resolved to promote the petitioner but it has not been given actual effect. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have served the respondents with a legal notice dated 28.07.2010 (Annexure P-8) also but there is no response thereto. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondents No.2 and 3 to consider the above mentioned claim of the petitioner, as CWP No. 21542 of 2010 2 contained in the legal notice dated 28.07.2010 (Annexure P-8) and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order in accordance with law/policy within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Order accordingly. Dasti. (AJAY TEWARI) JUDGE December 03, 2010 sunita