1 C.W.P. No. 4535 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH --- Civil Writ Petition No. 4535 of 2010 Date of Decision: March 16, 2010 Om Parkash and another -- Petitioners Versus Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, Panchkula -- Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL *** PRESENT: Mr. Ajay Chaudhary, Advocate for the petitioners. --- AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. In this petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have, inter alia, prayed for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondent to grant them Ist Annual Career Progression Scale from the dates they completed 10 years of regular satisfactory service as Peon, with all consequential benefits including fixation of pay and difference of arrears of salary etc., in view of Supreme Court judgment dated 15.7.2008 in Civil Appeal No. 4446 of 2008 arising out of Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 14099 of 2006, titled as State of Haryana and others Versus Deepak Sud and others. 2 C.W.P. No. 4535 of 2010 Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners had served a legal notice dated 15.12.2009 (Annexure P-2) for the same relief as has been claimed in the present writ petition, but no action has been taken thereon by the respondent so far. He further submits that the petitioners shall feel satisfied if a direction is issued to the respondent to take decision on the legal notice Annexures P-2, in a given time-frame. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioners and perusing the record, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent to take decision on the legal notice served by the petitioners, (Annexures P-2), after affording an opportunity of hearing to them, by passing a speaking order in accordance with law, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) March 16, 2010 JUDGE *RKMALIK*