CWP No.15690 of 2009 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.15690 of 2009 Date of Decision: 16th May, 2011. Surat Singh ....Petitioner Versus Punjab State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation & another .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present: Mr.Kasturi Lal Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Ashwani Parashar Advocate for respondents No.1 & 2. * * * Augustine George Masih , J.(Oral) A preliminary objection has been raised by counsel for the respondents No.1 & 2 that a statutory appeal against the order passed by the Managing Director, Markfed dated 12.08.2009 (Annexure P-13) lies to the Board of Directors respondent-federation under Rule 14.1(i) of The Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Employees (Conduct) Rules, 1990. Counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner shall file the appeal within a period of four weeks from today and he further prays for, in the light of the facts that the petitioner is a retired employee of the respondent-Federation who retired on 30.06.2003, a time bound direction be issued to the Board of Directors to consider the appeal of the petitioner and take a decision thereon. CWP No.15690 of 2009 (2) In case the petitioner files an appeal within a period of four weeks from today, the same shall be considered and decided by the Board of Directors which is the Appellate Authority within a period of four months from such filing of the appeal. Endeavour be made to put the appeal of the petitioner in the agenda immediately after the submission of the appeal by the petitioner in the meeting fixed of the Board of Directors. The petition stands disposed of with the above directions. (Augustine George Masih) 16th May, 2011. Judge Seema-II