CWP No. 7727 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 7727 of 2009 Date of Decision: May 21, 2009 Laxmi Narain ...... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Tewari Present: Mr. R.N.Lohan, 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? Ajay Tewari, J. This petition has been filed challenging the order Annexure P-17 whereby three months notice has been granted to the petitioner before retiring him. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that no notice was issued to the petitioner before taking the decision. In my opinion the opening paragraph of the order gives the impression that the order was in fact a notice though the second para, as per learned counsel for the petitioner, is couched in terms of an order. In my opinion it would be in the interest of justice to treat the order Annexure P-17 as a notice and thereby give the petitioner an CWP No. 7727 of 2009 2 opportunity to reply to it and to show cause to the competent authority as to why he should not be retired. In the circumstances this writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file his representation against the order Annexure P-17 within a period of 10 days from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order and thereafter the competent authority shall pass a speaking order within a period of two months. Needless to say in case it is held that the petitioner is not liable to be compulsorily retired,he shall be entitled to all consequential benefits. (AJAY TEWARI) JUDGE May 21 , 2009 sunita