IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 13968 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : 08.09.2009 Naresh Kumar Mahajan ... PETITIONER Versus Housing Board Haryana and another ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. R.K. Malik, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Vishal Malik, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner, who is working as Executive Engineer (Head Quarter) in the Housing Board, Haryana, has filed the instant petition for issuing direction to respondent No.1 to consider his claim for promotion to the post of Superintending Engineer from the date, his junior was promoted i.e. from 16.7.2008. It is the case of the petitioner that when his junior was promoted, departmental proceedings were pending against the petitioner, which have now been decided and the petitioner has been exonerated or a minor penalty of `Censure' has been imposed upon him. In view of this fact, he is entitled to be considered for promotion from the date his junior was promoted. Counsel states that in this regard, the petitioner has submitted a CWP No. 13968 of 2009 -2- representation dated 19.8.2009 to respondent No.1, copy of which has been annexed with the petition as Annexure P-8, but the same has not been considered and decided so far. Counsel further states that at this stage, the petitioner will be satisfied if a direction is issued to respondent No.1 to consider and decide the said representation, within a reasonable time. In view of the above, without issuing notice of motion as it will un-necessary delay the matter, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.1 to consider and decide the representation dated 19.8.2009 (Annexure P-8) in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months. September 08, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE