IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.15397 of 2011 Date of Decision: August 23, 2011 Harpal Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana & others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 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? Present: Dr.S.K.Redhu, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioner was proceeded against with the allegation that because of his negligence and that of others, a prisoner under their guard escaped from custody while was admitted in hospital. The Enquiry Officer may have found that the petitioner was not absent and had gone to apprehend the escaped prisoner, but the fact that the petitioner was negligent alongwith others cannot be in much dispute. In my view, the petitioner alongwith others has been treated lightly with punishment of stoppage of one increment with cumulative effect only. In fact, the petitioner and his co-accused ought to have been dealt with more stringently for the negligence of duty. Dismissed. August 23, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) ramesh JUDGE