IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.19932 of 2011 Date of decision : 21.10.2011 E/ASI Pritam Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present : Mr.Sat Narain Yadav, Advocate for the petitioner. ..... MAHESH GROVER, J. The petitioner has approached this Court with a grievance that the orders dated 28.2.2011 and 12.9.2011 be quashed. A perusal of the order dated 28.2.2011 reveals that the prayer of the petitioner for voluntary retirement was accepted and he was permitted to retire with effect from 30.4.2011. The plea of the petitioner is that the request for voluntary retirement was obtained from him under duress and threat by the Senior Superintendent of Police and that subsequent to the order having come into existence he had moved an application in July 2011 which has been rejected by a non-speaking order. On due consideration of the matter, I am of the opinion that the instant writ petition is devoid of any merit. The petitioner himself submitted an application for voluntary retirement which was accepted C.W.P.No.19932 of 2011 -2- vide the impugned order dated 28.2.2011. If the petitioner had any grievance or second thoughts regarding his prayer of voluntary retirement, he ought to have withdrawn such a prayer prior to its acceptance. But once the prayer of the petitioner has been accepted, any subsequent endeavour made to turn the clock back would be meaningless and especially when a vague plea of the request having been obtained under duress has been raised. It is also to be noticed that the petitioner reacted much after the passing of the impugned order Annexure P-2 by making a request in July, 2011. There is no ground to interfere as the petitioner's request for voluntary retirement was validly accepted. Dismissed. 21.10.2011 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss