IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7514 of 2011 Date of Decision : April 29, 2011. Tilak Raj Kaushal .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Harish Kumar Verma, 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 seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to grant the benefit of the proficiency step up and not deny the same on the plea that he was debarred from promotion. The above stated relief has been sought on the basis of various decisions of this Court including dated 5.7.2005 passed in Civil Writ Petition No.6135 of 2003 (Varinder Pal versus the State of Punjab and others) (Annexure P-4) and dated 26.8.2009 passed in Civil Writ Petition No.8292 of 2008 (Surinder Pal versus the State of Punjab and others) (Annexure P-9). The above stated claim has also been raised by the petitioner vide a legal notice dated 21.3.2011 (Annexure P-8) but without any response thereto. C.W.P.No .7514 of 2011 2 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 the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner as contained in the afore-mentioned legal notice dated 21.3.2011 (Annexure P-8) in the light of the decisions of this Court in Varinder Pal's case (supra) and Surinder Pal's case (supra) within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. In case the petitioner is found entitled to any claim, the same be granted to him within the stipulated period. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. April 29, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE