CWP No.2265 of 2010 --1-- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 2265 of 2010 Date of decision : 9.2.2010 Jasvir Gill ...Petitioner Versus Secretary, Education Punjab & others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL **** Present: Mr. Amit Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. **** AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. (ORAL) In this writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitutuion of India, the petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus directing respondent Nos.1 to 3 to take a final decision on the promotion case of the petitioner to the post of Lecturer, pending before them since 2006 when juniors to him were promoted. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has served a legal notice dated 30.12.2009 upon the respondents ventilating his claim as set up in the writ petition on which no action has been taken so far. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner shall feel satisfied in case a direction is issued to respondent CWP No.2265 of 2010 --2-- No.2 to decide the aforesaid legal notice within a time-bound frame. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and perusing the file, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to decide the legal notice (Annexure P-6) served by the petitioner upon him by passing a speaking order within a period of three months. It is also made clear that before passing an order on the legal notice, the petitioner shall be afforded an opportunity of hearing. February 09, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) atulsethi JUDGE