IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.5771 of 2011 Date of Decision : March 31, 2011. Sukhwinder Singh .....Petitioner versus Punjab Water Supply & Sewerage Board and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.H.S.Sethi, 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) The petitioner who was working as a Junior Engineer in the respondent-Board was dismissed from service vide order dated 5/20.11.2001 (Annexure P-1) after holding an enquiry in which it was held that he willfully absented from duty. The petitioner is said to have filed a departmental appeal before the Chairman/Managing Director of the respondent-Board which is stated to be still pending and has not been decided despite the fact that the petitioner served the respondents with a legal notice dated May, 2010 (Annexure P-3) also. Aggrieved, the petitioner has approached this Court. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in the writ petition, I deem it C.W.P.No .5771 of 2011 2 appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent Nos.1 & 2 that in case the departmental appeal preferred by the petitioner is still pending, let the same be decided on merits preferably after giving an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioner, within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 31, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE