IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4541 of 2010 Date of Decision : March 16, 2010. Kuldeep Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Virinder Kumar Shukla, 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 working as a regular Patwari in District Moga. He seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to grant the benefit of Proficiency Step-Up, increments/promotional scale under the ACP Scheme on completion of his 16 and 24 years service in accordance with the Punjab Government Policy dated 25.9.1998 (Annexure P-3). In this regard, the petitioner is said to have served the respondents with a legal notice dated 20.1.2010 (Annexure P-6) but without any response thereto. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent No.2 to C.W.P.No .4541 of 2010 2 take cognizance of the above mentioned legal notice served on behalf of the petitioner and dispose of the petitioner's pending claim by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Needless to say that if the petitioner is found entitled to, the necessary relief shall also be granted to him within a period of two months thereafter. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 16, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE