IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP. No. 16232 of 2010 Date of Decision: 10.9.2010. Vinod Kumar --Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others --Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI. Present:- Mr. S.P. Chahar, Advocate for the petitioner. *** PERMOD KOHLI.J (ORAL) Notice of motion. Mr. R.D. Sharma, D.A.G., Haryana has been asked to accept notice on behalf of respondents. Keeping in view the nature of relief claimed and with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is being disposed of at the motion stage itself. The petitioner is working as Mali in the respondent-department since 1991. He applied for allotment of Govt. quarter on 25.3.2005. It is stated that on 11.9.2006 and 1.11.22006 some quarters were allotted to the employees but the petitioner was left out. The petitioner has named certain employees i.e. Inderjeet, Shyam Sunder and Vinod Kumar, who are said to be junior to the petitioner and have been allotted the Govt. quarters. The petitioner also served a legal notice dated 23.11.2009 for allotment of the quarter but no decision has been taken thereon till date. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner would be satisfied, if, respondents are directed to take decision on the legal notice served by the petitioner, referred to above. CWP. No. 16232 of 2010 -2- In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent no.3 to take decision on the legal notice served by the petitioner, within a period of two months from the date certified copy of this order is served upon the said respondent. Needless to say that in the event the claim of the petitioner is to be rejected, the same shall be by a reasoned and speaking order. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 10.9.2010. lucky