Jaswinder Singh v. Punjab State Power Corp. Ltd. And ORS
CWP No.24125 of 2024 (O&M)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT
CHANDIGARH CWP No.24125 of 2024 (O&M) Date of decision: 20.09.2024 Jaswinder Singh ....Petitioner
Versus
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR
Present:
Mr. V.K. Shukla, Advocate for the petitioner.
NAMIT KUMAR J. (Oral) 1.
Prayer in this writ petition filed by the petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioner in view of Policy dated 04.03.1999 (Annexure P-1), adopted by the respondents vide office order dated 07.05.2014 (Annexure P-2) and in view of order dated 28.10.2014 (Annexure P-4), passed by this Court in CWP no.1933 of 2014, titled as "Kanta Rani vs State of Punjab and others" and judgment dated 29.04.2016 (Annexure P-5) in LPA No.771 of 2015.
2.
Learned counsel for the petitioner, at the very outset, confines his prayer for deciding legal notice dated 12.07.2024 (Annexure P-6). 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.
MOHD YAKUB 2024.09.20 17:21 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh
CWP No.24125 of 2024 (O&M) 3.
Notice of motion.
4.
Mr. Ankit Kumar, Advocate, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No.1 and Mr. Vikas Chatrath, Advocate has accepted notice on behalf of respondents No.2 and 3 and have no objection to the innocuous prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner. 5.
I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the record of the case.
6.
Without going into the merits of the case at this stage, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.1 to decide legal notice dated 12.07.2024 (Annexure P-6), submitted by the petitioner expeditiously, by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of 03 months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order.
(NAMIT KUMAR) JUDGE 20.09.2024 yakub Whether speaking/reasoned:
Yes/No Whether reportable:
Yes/No MOHD YAKUB 2024.09.20 17:21 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh