C.W.P.No.6301 of 2011 #1# IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.6301 of 2011 Date of Order: 20.5.2011 E/Sub Inspector Sita Ram .....Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. S.N. Yadav, Advocate for the petitioner. JASWANT SINGH, J (ORAL) Petitioner, who is working as a Sub Inspector in the Haryana Police Department, has filed the present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the adverse remarks conveyed for the period from 7.8.2008 to 24.12.2008 vide letter dated 3.9.2009 (P.1) as also the order dated 5.11.2009 (P.3) whereby his appeal has been dismissed. Notice of motion. Sh. Harish Rathee, Sr. DAG, Haryana, who is present in court, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he would be satisfied if respondent No.1-State of Haryana is directed to decide the mercy petition filed by the petitioner against the aforesaid adverse remarks for the relevant period recorded in the ACR pending since June 2010 within a specific time framed as has been done in the case of ASI Gharsa Ram No.551/SRS vide order dated 6.9.2010 (P.6). C.W.P.No.6301 of 2011 #2# Learned state counsel, in view of the contents of Annexure P.7, does not dispute that the petitioner was called by the Financial Commissioner & Principal Secretary to the Government,Haryana, Home Department for personal hearing in respect of the adverse remarks recorded in the ACR for the period from 7.8.2008 to 24.12.2008. He is also unable to dispute, in view of the order dated 6.9.2010 (P.6), that a mercy petition filed by ASI Gharsa Ram in respect of the adverse remarks for the period from 7.8.2008 to 24.12.2008 recorded in his ACR was entertained and decided. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, this Court is of the opinion that in view of the similar mercy petition filed by ASI Gharsa Ram having been entertained and decided by the Government, the limited prayer of the petitioner deserves to be accepted. Accordingly, without adverting to the merits of the case, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the Financial Commissioner & Principal Secretary to the Government,Haryana, Home Department (respondent No.1) to decide, if not already decided, in accordance with law the aforesaid mercy petition filed by the petitioner in respect of the adverse remarks for the aforesaid period from 7.8.2008 to 24.12.2008 recorded in the ACR within three months from the receipt of certified copy of this order. May 20, 2011 ( JASWANT SINGH ) manoj JUDGE