IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 7060 of 2009 Date of Decision: 08.08.2011 Dr. Kuldip Kumar .... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present : Mr. Parveen K. Kataria, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Parveen Chander Goyal, Addl. A.G. Punjab 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? RITU BAHRI J. (ORAL) Petitioner on being selected for appointment as a Lecturer in the Government Medical College at Patiala has been denied 'No Objection Certificate' on two counts, namely, (i) that a criminal case under the Prevention of Corruption Act is pending against him; (ii) a departmental enquiry is also pending. As far as first count is concerned the case under the Prevention and Corruption Act had already been cancelled under the orders of learned Sessions Judge, Amritsar and as such the first plea to deny the 'No Objection Certificate' is untenable. Regarding the second plea, the allegation was that he was absent from duty for 21 days and the petitioner's case was that he was on medical leave. An enquiry was conducted by Sh. B.R. Gupta, former Member of the Haryana Superior Judicial Services. He submitted his report to the Govt. of Punjab where petitioner was not found guilty of any charge. C.W.P. No. 7060 of 2009 2 Counsel for the State has informed the Court that since the petitioner was not found guilty of any charge, he has been issued NOC and the petitioner has joined as Lecturer in the Government Medical College at Patiala during the pendency of the petition. Since in enquiry petitioner has been exonerated, no further order is required to be passed. Petition is disposed of accordingly with liberty to the petitioner to make representation for payment of salary for 21 days on which he was on medical leave and respondent shall decide the said representation expeditiously. (RITU BAHRI) 08.08.2011 JUDGE reena