IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.8712 of 2011 Date of Decision : May 17, 2011. Malwinder Singh .....Petitioner versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.AK.Walia, 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 a trainee Patwari who apprehends refusal to him to appear in the Patwar examination on account of his involvement in two criminal cases. It is asserted that in one of the criminal case, a 'compromise' has already been effected and the quashing of the FIR has been sought while in the other case the petitioner is said to have been found innocent. It is further averred that the Principal of the Patwar Training School, Jalandhar has referred the case to the Director, Land Records, Punjab vide memo dated 21.2.2011 but the final decision is still awaited. CWP No.8712 of 2011 [2] In these circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Director, Land Records, Punjab to take a final decision in the matter and convey the same to the petitioner and also to the Principal of the Patwar Training School, Jalandhar. The Director, Land Records or the Collector of the District, whosoever is competent, shall not take any adverse decision against the petitioner without hearing him. The needful shall be done within a period of two weeks from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 17, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE