IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 8143 of 2010 Date of Decision: 10.5.2010 Avtar Singh ....Petitioner. Versus Union of India and others ...Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL. PRESENT: Mr. N.S. Swaitch, Advocate for the petitioner. AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. In this petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondents No. 1 and 2 to withdraw the show cause notice dated 10.2.2010 (Annexure P-1) requiring him to surrender his passport. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner may be allowed to withdraw the instant writ petition with liberty to file reply to the show cause notice. However, a direction be issued to the respondents to decide the same in a given time frame. In view of the above, the present writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. It shall, however, be open to the petitioner to file a reply to the show cause notice before the respondents. In case such reply is filed by the petitioner, the concerned respondent shall take a decision thereon within a period of six weeks from the date of filing the reply to the show cause notice by passing a speaking order. May 10, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) gbs JUDGE