Before disposing of this writ petition, we would refer to the views of Hon'ble the Supreme Court in the case of Salem Advocate Bar Association v. Union of India, (2005) 6 SCC 344 . In paras 38 and 39 of the judgment, it has been required that whenever notice under Section 80 C.P.C or under any similar provision are sent then it is mandatory on the part of State or Central Government or other authorities to send reply to such notice. It is well settled that before seeking a direction or a writ of mandamus, a demand justice notice is required to be served on the respondents as has been done in the present case. The petitioner has already sent a legal notice dated 8.8.2008 (Annexure P-9), to which no reply is stated to have been received. It has also been observed by Hon'ble the Supreme Court that in cases where such like notice/representation has not been replied then cost is required to be imposed. Therefore, without going into the merits of the case, we dispose of the writ petition at this stage with a direction to the respondents to take a decision on the aforementioned legal notice by passing a speaking order within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order.
