CWP No.20258 of 2009 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.20258 of 2009 (O&M) Decided on : 22-02-2011 Prithi Singh (since deceased) through his L.Rs ....Petitioners VERSUS State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER Present:- Mr. K.S.Dhanora, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. DAG, Haryana MAHESH GROVER, J The petitioners are the legal representatives of deceased petitioner who was suspended on account of his involvement in offence under Sections 7 and 13 of Prevention of Corruption Act. He was however acquitted by the Trial Court by giving the benefit of doubt. An appeal against the said order of acquittal preferred by the State is still pending before this Court. The petitioners have made a claim that the amount of pay for the period Prithi Singh- deceased remained suspended be paid to them. Learned counsel for the respondents has pointed out that subsistence allowance was paid to the deceased Prithi Singh but claim regarding the pay etc. can be considered only after the decision in the appeal in which the question of his involvement in the offences under Sections 7 and 13 of Prevention of Corruption Act would remain open despite the fact that the accused has since died. He thus contends that the said question can only be decided after the disposal of the appeal preferred by them. It is further contended that in case pay for suspension period is granted to the petitioners it will be extremely difficult for them to recover the same from CWP No.20258 of 2009 (O&M) 2 the present petitioners specially keeping in view the fact that the employee has since died. Having regard to the aforesaid, the instant petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to seek redressal of their grievance after the disposal of the appeal preferred by the State. In the event of the appeal being dismissed, the petitioners shall make a representation immediately thereafter and respondents upon receipt of the same shall decide the same within four weeks thereafter and the in the event of the petitioners being found entitled to pay for the suspension period, the benefits shall be released to the petitioners within a period of four weeks of the decision of the representation. February 22, 2011 (Mahesh Grover) rekha Judge