C.W.P. No. 6784 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 6784 of 2011 Date of Decision : April 20, 2011 Tarsem Singh .... PETITIONER Vs. Punjab State Civil Supplies Corpn. Ltd. etc. ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH * * * Present : Mr. GS.Bal, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) It is the case of the petitioner that vide an order dated 28.03.2008 (Annexure P-8), a penalty of recovery of ` 6,32,281/- was imposed upon the petitioner, besides stopping his two increments without cumulative effect, by respondent No. 3. Against the said order, the petitioner has preferred a statutory appeal dated 06.05.2008 (Annexure P- 9). Despite about 3 years having passed, no decision on the appeal of the petitioner has been taken till date. He submits that the petitioner, at this stage, would only press for a direction to respondent No. 2, who is the appellate authority, to decide his appeal within some specified time. C.W.P. No. 6784 of 2011 2 Without going into the merits of the case nor commenting thereon, a direction is issued to the Chairman, Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd.-respondent No. 2 to consider and decide the statutory appeal preferred by the petitioner, dated 06.05.2008, within a period of four months' from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) April 20, 2011 JUDGE pj