IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7885 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 03, 2010. Naresh Kumar .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Rajeev K.Kapila, 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner who is working as a Clerk in the office of the Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner at Hoshiarpur, seeks a direction to the respondents to consider him for promotion to the post of Inspector, Excise and Taxation, against the quota meant for ministerial staff. He also claims out of turn promotion being a member of the reserved category of Scheduled Caste. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have represented the authorities on 17.8.2009 (Annexure P-10) followed by a legal notice dated 2.3.2010 (Annexure P-11) but without any response thereto. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim, I deem it C.W.P.No .7885 of 2010 2 appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent Nos.2 & 3 to consider the above mentioned claim of the petitioner and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 03, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE