IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CW.P.No.24476 of 2011 Date of Decision:-23.12.2011 Nachhattar Singh ...Petitioner Versus Secretary to Govt. Punjab & Ors. ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR Present:- Mr.M.K.Singla, Advocate for Mr.Dinesh Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner. M ehinder S ingh S ullar , J. (Oral) Heard. Issue notice of motion to the respondents. At this stage, Mr.K.S.Sivia, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the official respondents. Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed on record his affidavit, to the effect that the appellate authority has refused to hear the arguments on stay application. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, going through the record with their valuable help and without expressing any opinion on the merits, the instant writ petition is disposed of with a direction to Secretary to Govt. of Punjab (respondent No.1), to decide the stay application (Annexure P3) filed by petitioner expeditiously, in accordance with law. Till then, operation of the impugned order shall remain stayed. (Mehinder Singh Sullar) 23.12.2011 Judge AS