IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 7978 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : 25.05.2009 Prem Singh .... PETITIONER Versus State of Haryana and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Amarjit Singh Virk, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner, who is working as Senior Scale Stenographer in the District Rural Development Agency, Karnal, has filed the instant petition for issuing direction to respondent No.1 to promote him as Assistant Project Officer with effect from the date on which his junior (respondent No.5) has been promoted vide order dated 7.11.2008 with all consequential benefits. It is the case of the petitioner that in this regard, he served a legal notice dated 22.1.2009, copy of which has been annexed with the petition as Annexure P-17, to respondent No.1 to promote him from the date his junior has been promoted. In pursuance to the said legal notice, respondent No.3 sent comments to respondent No.1 admitting the claim of CWP No. 7978 of 2009 -2- the petitioner for his promotion to the post of Assistant Project Officer from the date his junior has been promoted, but in spite of that, till date, respondent No.1 has not taken any final decision in the matter. In view of the above, without issuing notice of motion as it will un-necessary delay the matter, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.1 to consider and decide the legal notice dated 22.1.2009 (Annexure P-17), served by the petitioner through his counsel, in accordance with law, by passing a speaking order, expeditiously and preferably within a period of three months. May 25, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE