IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.22262 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: December 01, 2011 Sandeep Kaur …..Petitioner versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.Vikas Kuthiala, Advocate for the petitioner .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) The petitioner seeks a writ in the nature of mandamus to direct the respondents to appoint her as Hindi Teacher on contract basis pursuant to select list (Annexure P-4) prepared after issuance of advertisement dated 23.9.2009. Learned counsel contends that persons lower in merit to petitioner have been given appointments as would be evident from appointment letter (Annexure P-5). He submits that for the relief claimed, petitioner made a representation (Annexure P-6), but no decision has been taken thereon. Notice of motion. On the asking of the court, Mr.B.S.Chahal, DAG, Punjab, who is present in court, accepts notice. Learned State counsel submits that he has no objection if a direction is issued by this court for taking a decision on the representation (Annexure P-6) preferred by petitioner. Civil Writ Petition No.22262 of 2011 - 2 - In view of above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to take a decision on representation (Annexure P-6) preferred by petitioner expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months. December 01, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE 2