1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.3490/2010 Jal Singh V/s. Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation & Ors. Date of Judgment :: 16.04.2010 HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Mr.Sunil Kumar Singodiya for the petitioner. The petitioner is aggrieved by the fact that despite having submitted an appeal against the order of termination dated 23.06.2007, the appeal is yet to be decided by the respondents. Therefore, he makes a limited prayer to this Court that the respondents be directed to decide the appeal within a period of two months. In brief, the facts of the case are that initially the petitioner was appointed on the post of driver on temporary basis vide order dated 6.12.2005 for a period of one year. However, his services were extended from time to time. On 21.05.2004 the respondent issued a circular in which it was mentioned that the regular pay-scale shall be given to those employees, who were 2 appointed on daily wages basis. In the said circular, it was also mentioned that the drivers against whom criminal cases and MACT cases are not pending, they are entitled for regularization. A criminal case, bearing FIR No.282/2007 came to be registered against the petitioner for offences punishable under Sections 279 and 337 IPC. The petitioner received an order dated 23.06.2007 whereby the services of the petitioner have been terminated. Against the order dated 23.06.2007, the petitioner submitted an appeal before respondent No.1. But, till today, the respondents have not decided the said departmental appeal preferred by the petitioner. Ultimately, the petitioner served a notice for demand of justice. But no action has been taken by the respondent- Corporation. Hence,this petition before this Court. It is indeed a settled principle of law that once an appeal has been filed, it should be decided within a reasonable time. Admittedly, the appeal was filed on 4.07.2007, yet, the appeal has not been 3 decided for the last two years. The silence on the part of the respondents, despite having received a notice for demand of justice, speaks volumes about the inefficiency and the lethargy of the respondents in deciding the petitioner's appeal. Respondent No.1 being an instrumentality of the State, is expected to adhere to the concept of fairness and justness. Therefore, the respondents are directed to carry out their legal duty and to decide the petitioner's appeal within a period of two months from the date of submission of the certified copy of this order. With these observations, the writ petition is, hereby, disposed off. [MOHAMMAD RAFIQ],J. RS