IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10992 of 2009 Date of Decision: December 22, 2009 Janak Raj .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Deepak Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. B.S. Chahal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondent No.2 i.e. Chief Engineer, Punjab, PWD, Public Health Branch, Chandigarh, to decide appeal of the petitioner, Annexure P-3 filed on 9.5.1986. It transpires that major penalty of stoppage of one annual increment with cumulative effect was imposed. The petitioner filed an CWP No.10992 of 2009 [2] appeal, decision whereupon was not taken, hence the petition. Learned counsel for the respondents contends that vide Order passed by the respondents, placed on record as Annexure R-1/T dated 1.12.2009, the appeal has been decided. There being no other prayer in the petition, the petition has been rendered infructuous. The petition is disposed of as infructuous. The petitioner would be at liberty to challenge the order, Annexure R-1/T, if the facts so warrant. (AJAI LAMBA) December 22, 2009 JUDGE avin