IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1018 of 2011 Date of Decision : January 19, 2011. Bachi Singh .....Petitioner versus District and Sessions Judge, Sangrur and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Tribhawan Singla, 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 seeks a mandamus to direct the District and Sessions Judge, Sangrur to take final decision in the pending enquiry proceedings and release his all the retiral dues alongwith arrears and interest. As per the petitioner's case, he joined as a Process Server in the year 1972 and was later on promoted firstly as a Clerk and thereafter as Senior Assistant. The petitioner sought and was granted voluntary retirement w.e.f. 1.4.2009. It appears that prior to his voluntary retirement, the petitioner was served with a charge-sheet dated 21.4.2008 (Annexure P-1) which is still pending and as a result thereto, the retiral benefits to which the petitioner is entitled to, have been with-held. It is also averred that despite C.W.P.No .1018 of 2011 2 the directions issued by this Court vide memo dated 7.8.2009 (Annexure P-5), the enquiry proceedings have not been expedited. The petitioner also avers that the delay in disposal of the enquiry proceedings has caused huge financial loss to him. Having regard to the above stated plea taken by the petitioner and considering the nature of the relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to the District and Sessions Judge, Sangrur, to finalize the pending disciplinary proceedings in a time bound manner before 31.3.2011 and depending upon the outcome thereof, take an appropriate decision regarding the release of the petitioner's retiral dues within a period of one month thereafter. The compliance report shall be placed on record. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. January 19, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE