C.W.P. No.14012 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No.14012 of 2011 Date of Decision: 04.08.2011 Pankaj Kumra ....Petitioner Versus Haryana Urban Development Authority etc. ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. R.K. Malik, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Vishal Malik, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers 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 ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus to the respondents to finalize the disciplinary proceedings forthwith. It is contended that the petitioner was promoted as Superintending Engineer on 01.11.2000. As such, he is entitled to be promoted to the post of Additional Chief Engineer being senior most. The said post fell vacant on 01.12.2010. However, he is not being considered on account of pendency of disciplinary proceedings. The report was submitted by the Enquiry Officer in pursuance to the charge sheet way back on 24.09.2010. Show Cause Notice was issued to the petitioner. The petitioner had also replied to the same well within time on 21.03.2011. However, the said disciplinary proceedings have not been finalized till date C.W.P. No.14012 of 2011 2 in spite of the instructions dated 19.02.1982 (Annexure P-6) that the same should be finalized within six months or maximum by one year, whereas, 18 months have been passed since then. In view of the above, it would be in the interest of justice if at this stage the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to finalize the disciplinary proceeding as expeditiously as possible preferably within three weeks from today by passing a speaking order. Disposed of accordingly. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 04.08.2011 JUDGE gurpreet