IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10381 of 2010 Date of Decision : July 14, 2010. S.Harminder Singh .....Petitioner versus The Vice Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.L.S.Sidhu, Advocate, for the petiioner. -.- 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 seeks a mandamus to direct the respondent- University to protect his pay. It is averred that the petitioner was appointed as Lecturer in the Amritsar College of Engineering and Technology, Amritsar, where he served as such w.e.f. 12.7.2004 to 31.3.2008. He was thereafter promoted and served as Assistant Professor w.e.f. 1.4.2008 to 25.8.2008. The petitioner came to be appointed as Lecturer in Electronics and Communication Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) at Guru Nanak Dev University, Jalandhar on 26.8.2008. The petitioner contends that he is entitled for pay protection as per the Rules and decision of the Syndicate (Annexure P-6). In this regard, the petitioner is said to have represented C.W.P.No .10381 of 2010 2 the authorities on 30.9.2009 (Annexure P-6) but no decision is stated to have taken so far. 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 Nos.1 & 2 to consider and dispose of the above noticed claim of the petitioner by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. July 14, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE