In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh CWP No. 14915 of 2006 Date of Decision: October 23, 2006 Daya Nand …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI PRESENT: Mr. S.K. Verma Jind, Advocate, for the petitioner. JUDGMENT M.M. KUMAR, J. (Oral) The grievance made by the petitioner in the instant petition is to quash order dated 27.9.2005 (P-7) imposing upon him the punishment of stoppage of two annual grade increments with cumulative effect as well as forfeiting salary in respect of his suspension period from 18.4.1994 to 20.1.2005 by treating the same as a period spent on the leave of the kind due, vide order dated 10.2.2006 (P-10). The order dated 10.2.2006 has been passed by the punishing authority after issuing show cause notice under Rule 7.3 of the Civil Services Rules Volume-I Part-I. It has been asserted that against both the orders the petitioner has preferred appeals under Rule 9 of the Haryana Civil Service (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1987 on 16.11.2005 (P-8) and 12.4.2006 (P-11), which are pending CWP No. 14915 of 2006 consideration of the Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary to Government of Haryana, Irrigation Department. In view of the above, at this stage without going into the merits of the case we direct the Financial Commissioner to dispose of the appeals, if any such appeal is filed by the petitioner, within a period of four months from the date a certified copy of the order is produced before him. It shall be appreciated that a detailed speaking order after granting opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioner is passed by keeping in view the provisions of Civil Service Rules and instructions applicable to the case of the petitioner. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (M.M.S. BEDI) October 23, 2006 JUDGE Pkapoor 2