CWP NO.20371 OF 2006 :1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. DATE OF DECISION: 2.2.2009 Charan Kaur and others ...Petitioners VERSUS Punjab State Human Rights Commission and others …Respondents CORAM HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI PRESENT: Mr.Gurcharan Dass, Advocate for petitioner Ms.Charu Tuli, Sr.DAG, Punjab Permod Kohli, J. (Oral) The petitioners are working as Teachers in Government Model Senior Secondary, Cemetery Road, Civil Lines, Ludhiana. They are aggrieved of the orders (Annexures P-8 to P-10) passed by the Director of Public Instructions, Secondary Education, Punjab whereby warning has been given to the petitioners on the basis of some complaints and enquiry report. It is admitted position that before giving warning, the petitioners were not put to notice. Neither the copy of complaint or the so-called enquiry report was disclosed to them. Not only that the petitioners were never associated with any kind of enquiry. Even though the impugned orders do not require the warning to be recorded in the service record of the petitioner, the fact remains that it has caused stigma to the petitioners, CWP NO.20371 OF 2006 :2: without observing principles of natural justice. In the reply filed, it is stated that there were some complaints against the petitionerS. Some complaints were also pending before the Human Rights Commission. In paragraph 10 of the reply, it is stated that “it is denied that copy of the complaint was never supplied to the petitioners and was also they were not associated with the enquiry.” However, no material has been brought on record showing the dates/times/stage etc. when the petitioners were asked to associate with the enquiry and copies of the complaints were served upon them. In the totality of the circumstances, the impugned orders (Annexures P-8 to P-10) are liable to be quashed. I order accordingly. This will, however, not prevent the respondents from initiating appropriate proceedings in accordance with rules and by observing the principles of natural justice. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 2.2. 2009 MFK CWP NO.20371 OF 2006 :3: