IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3749 of 2010 Date of Decision : March 04, 2010. Rakesh Kumar .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Kapil Kakkar, 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? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the official respondents to appoint him as Headmaster against a post reserved for Scheduled Caste Category. It is alleged that the candidates lower in merit who secured 55.43 and 54.84 marks respectively, namely, respondent Nos.3 & 4, have been appointed over-looking the claim of the petitioner who got 61.04 marks. The petitioner is said to have submitted a representation on 17.7.2009 (Annexure P-11) but there is no response thereto. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and keeping in C.W.P.No .3749 of 2010 2 view the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent No.1 to take notice of the above-mentioned claim of the petitioner and dispose of his representation dated 17.7.2009 (Annexure P-11) by passing a speaking order as early as possible, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. If it is found that the petitioner is entitled to any relief, the same shall also be granted to him within the afore-stated period. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 04, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE