IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 15416 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : 07.10.2009 Tarsem Kumar ... PETITIONER Versus Punjab State Electricity Board and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Ms. Sonia G. Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner, who has retired as Junior Engineer from the services of the respondent Board on 31.10.2007 on attaining the age of superannuation, has filed the instant petition for issuing direction to the respondents to complete the inquiry against him, initiated in pursuance of the charge sheet dated 12.2.2008, within a reasonable time, In the petition, it has been stated that after about four months of the retirement, the petitioner was issued a charge sheet and due to pendency of the enquiry, his retiral benefits have not been released so far. It is further stated that till date, proceedings in the said enquiry have not been completed, due to which the petitioner is suffering because his retiral benefits have been withheld. Counsel states that at this stage, the petitioner CWP No. 15416 of 2009 -2- will be satisfied if a direction is issued to the Deputy Secretary, Technical (I), Punjab State Electricity Board, Patiala (respondent No.2 herein) to get the proceedings in the enquiry completed within a reasonable time and if the petitioner is found innocent, further direction be issued to release retiral benefits of the petitioner. In view of the above, without issuing notice of motion as it will un-necessary delay the matter, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to get the enquiry proceedings in the charge sheet dated 12.2.2008 completed expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order, and in case the petitioner is found innocent, then retiral benefits be released forthwith. October 07, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE