IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8148 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 06, 2010. Surjit Kaur .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Virinder Kumar Shukla, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner joined the Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Government of Punjab, as a Clerk on 23.1.1974 and was later on promoted as Auditor. She retired from service w.e.f. 30.9.2007 on attaining the age of superannuation. A few days before her retirement, she was served with a charge-sheet dated 11.9.2007 (Annexure P-3) alleging negligence in performance of her duties resulting into financial loss to the State Exchequer to the tune of Rs.3,55,800/-. She sought information and thereafter submitted her reply to the charge-sheet but till date no decision has been taken by the respondents and as a result thereof, the retiral dues of the petitioner have also been with-held. C.W.P.No .8148 of 2010 2 In these circumstances, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.2 to take a decision on the reply to the charge-sheet submitted by the petitioner, within a period of one month from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. In case the petitioner's explanation is found satisfactory, it is further directed that the retiral dues shall be released within a period of two months thereafter, failing which the petitioner shall be entitled to interest @ 7% per annum. However, in the event of reply being found unsatisfactory, the disciplinary proceedings shall be concluded within a period of four months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 06, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE