HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.18915 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: 19.09.2011 **** Kuldip Singh . . . . Petitioner VS. State of Punjab & Ors. . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 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? **** Present: Mr. PS Khurana, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Sudeepti Sharma, DAG Punjab ***** SURYA KANT J. (ORAL) (1). The petitioner joined the Police Department as Constable on 01.07.1976 and was later on promoted as Head Constable. He was prematurely retired from service in exercise of powers under Rule (3)(1)(a) of the Punjab Civil Services (Premature Retirement) Rules, 1975 in public interest vide an order dated 12.09.2001. The appeal preferred by him against the said order was also rejected on 05.08.2008 after holding that the service record of the petitioner contained two adverse confidential reports doubting his honestly. Those ACRs have been placed on record by the respondents as Annexure R1 & R2. The ACR (Annexure R2) pertains to the period w.e.f. 31.07.1997 to 30.11.1997 wherein the petitioner’s honesty has been doubted. He has been graded poor in the matter of ‘Intelligence’, ‘Punctuality’, ‘Devotion of Duty’, ‘Behaviour with Public’ and ‘Parade’ etc. The retirement of an employee of doubtful integrity, who also appears to have become deadwood, is fully justified in public interest. (2). No case to interfere with the impugned orders is made out. CWP No.18915 of 2009.doc - 2 – (3). Dismissed. 19.09.2011 vishal shonkar (SURYA KANT) Judge 2