IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.22843 of 2010 Date of Decision : January 04, 2011. Bula Ram .....Petitioner versus The Punjab State Cooperative Supply & Marketing Federation Limited and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Sham Lal Bhalla, 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) Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr.H.S.Brar, learned Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Let two copies of the writ petition be supplied to learned counsel for the respondents during the course of day. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter-reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the Board of Directors of the Punjab State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited (for short `the Markfed') to decide the appeal dated C.W.P.No .22843 of 2010 2 26.11.2009 (Annexure P-8A) which he has submitted against the order dated 5/10.11.2009 (Annexure P-8). It is averred that more than a year has passed but the Appellate Authority has not decided his appeal so far. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent No.2, namely, Board of Directors of the Markfed, to consider and dispose of the petitioner's appeal preferably by giving him an opportunity of personal hearing, within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. January 04, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE