IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 8252 of 2010 Date of Decision: 7.5.2010 M/s Simro Simar Rice Mill Kot Ise Khan and others ....Petitioners. Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL. PRESENT: Mr. B.S. Bhalla, Advocate for the petitioners. AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. In this petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have prayed for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondents No.1 to 3 to provide police protection to them and their employees for the execution of the work handling and transport with the trucks hired by them at the rice shellers at Kot Ise Khan as they have been threatened to interfere by respondents No.4 to 9 and other members of the Truck Union. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have made a representation dated 10.4.2010 (Annexure P-2) to respondent No.2 for the same relief as claimed in this writ petition but no action has been taken thereon so far and they shall feel satisfied if a direction is issued to him to decide the same in a given time frame. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioners and perusing the file, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to decide the representation (Annexure P-2) sent by the petitioners within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order by passing a speaking order and after affording an opportunity of hearing to the affected parties, i.e. the petitioners and respondents No.4 to 9. May 7, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) gbs JUDGE