IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 6881 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 05.11.2009 Rajmer Singh ... PETITIONER Versus Haryana Urban Development Authority, Panchkula and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Neeraj Kumar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Sidharath Batra, Advocate, for the respondents. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner, who is working as Pump Operator Class-III in the Haryana Urban Development Authority under the office of respondent No.3, has filed the instant petition for quashing the letter dated 27.3.2008 (Annexure P-7), written by the Chief Administrator, HUDA, Panchkula, to the Superintending Engineer, HUDA Circle, Hisar, as well as the show cause notice dated 1.4.2008 (Annexure P-8), whereby the petitioner has been asked to reply to the show cause notice as to why his services on the post of Water Pump Operator (WPO) be not de-regularised and regularised on the post of WPO Helper, as he does not fulfill the prescribed qualification for the post of WPO. CWP No. 6881 of 2008 -2- In the letter dated 27.3.2008, it has been stated that only those employees, who are having minimum qualification of ITI Diploma, were to be regularised on the post of WPO, but certain persons, who were not possessing the said qualification have been illegally regularised on the said post. Therefore, the Superintending Engineer, HUDA Circle, Hisar, was asked to de-regularise such employees and regularise them on the post, for which they are possessing qualification. In pursuance of the said letter, the aforesaid show cause notice was issued to the petitioner, which has been challenged by him in the instant petition. While issuing notice of motion, the petitioner was permitted to file reply to the said show cause notice. Admittedly, till date, the respondents have not taken any final decision on the said show cause notice. In view of this fact, counsel for the respondents states that the respondents will take decision on the said show cause notice within a period of two months, after providing opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and considering his reply. In view of the aforesaid statement made by learned counsel for the respondents and after considering the submissions, made by learned counsel for the petitioner, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to finally take a decision on the show cause notice dated 1.4.2008 (Annexure P-8), after considering the reply of the petitioner as well as the judgment passed by this Court in CWP No. 811 of 1996, titled as Randhir Singh vs. HUDA, decided on 25.9.1996 (Annexure P-9) and CWP No. 6881 of 2008 -3- providing an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, preferably within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. However, if any adverse order is passed against the petitioner, it will be open for him to challenge the same in accordance with law. November 05, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) Monika/ndj JUDGE