IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.8688 of 2011 Date of Decision : May 17, 2011. Gurmeet Lal .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Manmeet Singh Rana, 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 a Conductor in the Punjab Roadways, Jalandhar-II. Vide a self-speaking order dated 25.1.2011, the General Manager, Punjab Roadways, Jalandhar-II, has rejected his claim but at the same time, he has referred the case of the petitioner to the Higher Authority i.e. the Director State Transport, Punjab for a final decision in the matter. No decision appears to have been taken by the Director, State Transport, Punjab so far. The grievance of the petitioner appears to be that the Government Instructions dated 25.9.1998 (Annexure P-1) have not been correctly construed by the General Manager, Punjab Roadways, Jalandhar- CWP No.8688 of 2011 [2] II while passing the impugned order. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner, I am of the considered view that since the final decision is yet to be taken by the Director, State Transport, Punjab, the most appropriate recourse to the petitioner would be to represent the Director, State Transport, Punjab and seek personal hearing to explain as to why the Government Instructions dated 25.9.1998 ought to be interpreted. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to submit a representation to the Director, State Transport, Punjab within a period of two weeks from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order, who in turn is directed to consider the claim of the petitioner as also contained in his representation and pass an appropriate order preferably after giving an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioner within a period of two months thereafter. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 17, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE