IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.15442 of 2010 Date of Decision : August 30, 2010. Ashok Kumar .....Petitioner versus Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.P.S.Khurana, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner, who is working as Junior Engineer in the respondent-University, seeks quashing of the orders dated 19.3.2004, 4.5.2009 & 23.4.2010 (Annexures P-5, P-10 & P-12 respectively) whereby, the punishment of stoppage of three annual grade increments with cumulative effect has been imposed upon the him after holding regular departmental enquiry and his appeal/review petition have also been dismissed. The petitioner's main thrust is on the plea of discrimination as one Avinash Kumar Sharma, Assistant Estate Officer was also charge- sheeted and held guilty alongwith him in the same proceedings. However, the Vice Chancellor has reduced the punishment of Avinash Kumar Sharma to 'Censure' only, which action of the respondents is alleged to be C.W.P.No .15442 of 2010 2 discriminatory. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and on perusal of the material on record, I do not find any merit in this case. While reducing the punishment of Avinash Kumar, the Vice Chancellor has taken into consideration his mitigating circumstances as well as the fact that he had caused no financial loss to the respondent-University like the petitioner. In these circumstances, no case to interfere with the impugned orders by this Court in exercise of its writ jurisdiction is made out. Dismissed. August 30, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE