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High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/7735/2024disposed of

Gulzara Singh v. Punjab State Power Corporatin Limited And Others

2024-04-05Mr. Justice Namit Kumar2 pages

CWP No.7735 of 2024 (O&M) 2024:PHHC:046227

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CWP No.7735 of 2024 (O&M) Date of decision: 05.04.2024 Gulzara Singh ....Petitioner

Versus

Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR

Present:

Mr. H.P.S. Ghuman, Advocate for the petitioner.

NAMIT KUMAR J. (Oral) 1.

Prayer in this writ petition filed by the petitioner under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondents to decide the legal notice dated 26.02.2024 (Annexure P-1) filed by the petitioner, by passing a speaking order.

2.

Learned counsel for the petitioner, at the very outset, confines his prayer for deciding legal notice dated 26.02.2024 (Annexure P-1). He submits that at this stage, petitioner would be satisfied, if the said legal notice is decided by passing a speaking order within a time bound frame.

3.

Notice of motion.

4.

Mr. Gursimran Singh Bawa, Advocate, who is present in the Court accepts notice on behalf of the respondents - PSPCL and has no objection to the innocuous prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner.

CWP No.7735 of 2024 (O&M) 2024:PHHC:046227 5.

I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the record of the case.

6.

Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case or the claim being made by the petitioner in the present petition, respondent No.1 is directed to consider and decide the claim made by the petitioner in the legal notice dated 26.02.2024 (Annexure P-1), in accordance with law, by passing a speaking order, within a period of 03 months, from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. In case, the petitioner is found held entitled, the necessary benefits be released within a period of 04 weeks thereafter.

7.

The petition stands disposed of.

(NAMIT KUMAR) JUDGE 05.04.2024 yakub Whether speaking/reasoned:

Yes/No Whether reportable:

Yes/No