IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.14608 of 2011 Date of Decision : August 11, 2011. Sohan Lal .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Kapil Kakkar, 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 seeks a mandamus for his appointment as Lecturer in Hindi against the posts reserved for Backward Class (Male) Category. It is averred that the petitioner has not been given appointment despite his merit at 63.88 whereas respondent No.3 (Jaspreet Singh) whose merit is at 60.65 has already been given appointment. The petitioner avers that he approached the authorities several times including vide a representation dated 4.3.2011 (Annexure P-10) but no action has been taken thereupon so far. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it CWP No.14608 of 2011 [2] appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent Nos.1 & 2 to consider the claim of the petitioner as contained in his aforementioned representation and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order, within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. August 11, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE