IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4337 of 2010 Date of Decision : March 12, 2010. Gurpreet Kaur .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Gagandeep Singh Sirphikhi,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 SS Mistress in the Education Department, Government of Punjab. She seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to consider and promote her to the post of Lecturer-in-English (School Cadre) from the date when her alleged junior, namely, respondent No.5 has been promoted. The petitioner has averred that she is fully eligible and possesses unblemished service record and as such her claim could not have been over-looked while promoting her junior(s). In this regard, the petitioner is said to have served the respondents with a legal notice dated 28.12.2009 (Annexure P-7) but there is no response to the same. C.W.P.No .4337 of 2010 2 Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and keeping in view the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent No.2 to take cognizance of the above mentioned legal notice dated 28.12.2009 (Annexure P-7) served on behalf of the petitioner and decide the petitioner's pending claim within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Needless to say that if the petitioner is found entitled to, the necessary order promoting her shall be passed within the aforesaid stipulated period. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 12, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE