IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7224 of 2010 Date of Decision : April 23, 2010. Usha Kiran .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.G.S.Gill, 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 retired as a Headmistress from the Education Department, Government of Punjab. She seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to promote her as Headmistress from the date when her juniors were promoted. It is averred that several of her juniors were promoted vide orders dated 26.6.2001, 16.6.2001, 12.7.2001, 22.8.2001 and 24.9.2001 etc., but the petitioner was given promotion at a later stage for no valid reason. The petitioner is said to have put forth her claim by serving the respondents with a legal notice dated 25.2.2010 (Annexure P-1) to which no response has been sent to her so far. C.W.P.No .7224 of 2010 2 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 the respondents to take cognizance of the afore-mentioned legal notice served on behalf of the petitioner and redress the petitioner's grievance by passing a speaking order in accordance with law/Government Policy, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. April 23, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE