IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.966 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision : 21.01.2010 Dharam Raj .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Dheeraj Bali, 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? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner is working as a Mali in the Horticulture Department at Patiala. He seeks a mandamus to direct respondent Nos.1 & 2 to consider his claim for promotion to the post of Sub-Inspector (Horticulture), on the basis of the Diploma in Horticulture possessed by him. The afore-stated diploma course has been completed by the petitioner from the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. His further grievance is that the private respondents have been promoted over and above him, over-looking the date of completion of his diploma course. Suffice it to observe at this stage that the petitioner seeks his promotion in terms of Rule 7 (c) of the Punjab Subordinate Agricultural C.W.P.No .966 of 2010 (O&M) 2 Services Rules, 1938, as amended from time to time. The petitioner is said to have served the respondents with a representation-cum-legal notice on 28.11.2009 (Annexure P-4) but that has not been responded so far. Considering the nature of the relief sought for in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent Nos.1 & 2 to consider the petitioner's claim as contained in the afore-stated representation-cum-legal notice (Annexure P-4), for promotion to the post of Sub-Inspector (Horticulture) and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Disposed of. Dasti. 21-01-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE