CWP No.4037 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision: 09.03.2010 Sube Singh ... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: Mr.PK Chugh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.RS Kundu, Addl. AG, Haryana, for the respondents. PERMOD KOHLI, J. (Oral): The petitioner is working as a Forrester. He attained the age of 55 years on 10.08.2007. Proposal for his extension in service was sent by respondent No.5 to respondent No.3 who forwarded the same to respondent No.2. Respondent No.3 was, however, conveyed by respondent No.2 to decide the matter at his own level vide letter dated 16.12.2009. Now the petitioner has been issued a Show Cause Notice dated 01.01.2010 (Annexure P-1) for his compulsorily retirement at the age of 55 years in terms of Rule 3.24 (D) the Punjab Civil Services Rules. Vol. I, Part-I. This notice is under challenge in the present writ petition. It is almost two and half years that the petitioner has crossed 55 years of age. Only six months of service is left. From the impugned Show Cause Notice, it appears that the petitioner earned adverse ACRs for the years 2004-05, 2005-06. He is being compulsorily retired on that basis. CWP No.4037 of 2010 2 A similar issue has been decided by this Court in CWP No.1543 of 2010 (Gurpal Singh Vs. State of Haryana and others) on 19.02.2010. The impugned notice of compulsorily retirement has been quashed in the aforesaid writ petition on account of delay in initiating action as also on the ground that the ACRs for the last 10 years can be considered for compulsorily retirement. The ratio of the aforesaid judgment is fully applicable to the present case. In view of the above, this petition is accordingly allowed. The impugned Show Cause Notice dated 01.01.2010 (Annexure P-1) is hereby quashed and set aside. 09.03.2010 (PERMOD KOHLI) BLS JUDGE Note: Whether to be referred to the Reporter? NO