Civil Writ Petition No. 9296 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 9296 of 2011 Date of decision : 04.11.2011 Dr. Sumit Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and others ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Anil Chawla, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Monica Chhibber Sharma, DAG, Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The petitioner seeks a writ in the nature of mandamus for issuance of ‘No Objection Certificate’ in order to enable him to join senior residency course in general surgery in Government Medical College, Amritsar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that issuance of ‘No Objection Certificate’ is a mere formality which ought to have been completed at the earliest. He further submits that an inquiry which was pending against the petitioner has concluded and he has been exonerated therein. Thus, there is no legal impediment in consideration of case of the petitioner for issuance of ‘No Objection Certificate’. Learned State counsel submits that she has no objection in case a direction is issued by this court to the concerned authority for consideration of case of the petitioner expeditiously. Civil Writ Petition No. 9296 of 2011 2 In view of above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No. 3 to consider the case of the petitioner and take appropriate decision expeditiously preferably within a period of one month. A copy of the order be handed over to learned State counsel under the signatures of Bench Secretary. November 04, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE