IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7220 of 2010 Date of Decision : April 23, 2010. Faqir Chand .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.R.K.Arora, 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 is working as a Lecturer-in-Political Science in the Secondary Education Department, Government of Punjab. He seeks a mandamus to direct the official respondents to promote him to the post of Principal in PES-II Group-A Cadre from the date when his alleged juniors, namely, respondent Nos.4 & 5 have been promoted vide order dated 15.2.2010 (Annexure P-4). The petitioner's case is that while he is placed at Sr.No.368, respondent Nos.4 & 5 are placed at Sr.Nos.405 and 1259, respectively in the seniority list (Annexure P-2). It is also averred that the petitioner as well as the private respondents belong to reserved category of Scheduled Castes. However, the petitioner's claim is said to have been ignored while C.W.P.No .7220 of 2010 2 promoting his juniors i.e. the private respondents. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have sent representations dated 19.2.2010, 24.2.200, 6.3.2010 and 20.3.2010 (Annexures P-5 to P-8 respectively) to the respondents but without any response. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner at some length and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, however without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to the official respondents to consider the afore-mentioned representations of the petitioner and dispose of his pending claim by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. April 23, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE