Civil Writ Petition No.14648 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.14648 of 2009 Decided on : 18-09-2009 Rachhpal Singh .... Petitioner VERSUS Punjab Agro Industrial Corporation Ltd. Chandigarh & another .... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL. Present:- Ms. Jagdeep Bains, Advocate, for the petitioner. SATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J (Oral). The petitioner has filed the instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuing direction to the respondents to decide his application for stay as well as the appeal filed against the order of punishment dated 30.12.2008 (Annexure P-3), which has not been decided so far. It is the case of the petitioner that the Appellate Authority has not even listed the application for stay filed by the petitioner along with the appeal for hearing. Counsel for the petitioner states at this stage, the petitioner will be satisfied if a direction is issued to respondent No.2 to consider and decide the said appeal in accordance with law, within a reasonable time. In view of above, without issuing notice to the other Civil Writ Petition No.14648 of 2009 -2- side as it will unnecessary delay the matter, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider and decide the said appeal (Annexure P-6), in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months. 18th September, 2009. (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL) monika JUDGE