IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.16287 of 2011 Date of Decision : September 02, 2011. Pradeep Salaria .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Vipin Mahajan, 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 alleges non payment of the salary for the period w.e.f. 12.10.2009 to 20.11.2009. He seeks a direction for treating the aforementioned period as duty period for all intents and purposes. The afore-stated claim has been lodged by the petitioner vide a legal notice dated 4.5.2011 (Annexure P-4) also, but without any response thereto. In these circumstances and without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent Nos.2 & 3 to consider the above mentioned claim of the petitioner as also contained in the legal notice dated CWP No.16287 of 2011 [2] 4.5.2011 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. September 02, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE