IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.15378 of 2010 Date of Decision : September 12, 2011. Amrit Kaur .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Munish Bhardwaj, 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 retired as a Civil Surgeon w.e.f. 31.10.2008 on attaining the age of superannuation. Though rest of her retiral benefits have been released, but an amount of Rs.1,48,686/- has been with-held out of the gratuity towards the “recovery on account of use of electricity at her residence”. No show cause notice has been served upon the petitioner as to how these charges have been determined nor an opportunity has been given to prove that the electricity was used in an authorized manner and she was not responsible for any mis-use thereof. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the respondents to issue show cause notice to the petitioner alongwith CWP No.15378 of 2010 [2] detail of the alleged unauthorized use of the electricity by her, within a period of one month from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. The petitioner shall submit her reply thereto, if any, as early as possible but not later than one month. The Competent Authority shall take a final decision in the matter within a period of two months thereafter. In case the explanation given by the petitioner is accepted partly or in full, the with-held amount shall be released to that extent alongwith interest @ 7% per annum. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. September 12, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE