IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3437 of 2011 Date of Decision : February 25, 2011. Rajinder Singh .....Petitioner versus Punjab State Forest Development Corporation Ltd. and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Amandeep Singh Manaise, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) A penalty of recovery of Rs.2,03,759/- was imposed upon the petitioner vide an order dated 26.2.2010 (Annexure P-3), against which he has preferred the departmental appeal on 20.4.2010 (Annexure P-4). The petitioner's grievance is that without deciding his appeal for the last more than 8 months that the respondents are effecting recovery from his salary. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to the respondent- Corporation to place the petitioner's appeal before the Appellate Authority who shall then decide the same in accordance with law and preferably after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, within a period of three C.W.P.No .3437 of 2011 2 months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. February 25, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE