IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 11301 of 2008 (O&M) Date of Decision: May 14, 2009 Ravinder Kumar . ..... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Tewari Present: Ms.Alka Chatrath, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Senior DAG, Haryana. **** 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? Ajay Tewari, J. The petitioner joined as Constable on 16.6.2002. On being chargesheeted he was ultimately inflicted the punishment of stoppage of one increment with temporary effect. Admittedly this punishment would relate back to 19.2.2007. The petitioner was not allowed to take the B-1 test in April, 2008 on the ground that under the proviso to Rule 13.12 of the Punjab Police Rules, 1934 no Constable would be entitled for entry into promotion list B during the period when he is undergoing punishment. It is not disputed that the increment of the petitioner fell due in June. Thus the punishment dated 19.2.2007 would result in the stoppage of the annual CWP No. 11301 of 2008 -2- increment due to the petitioner in June,2007. Resultantly the petitioner would still be undergoing punishment in April, 2008. Thus as per Rule 13.12 the petitioner was rightly restrained from taking the test conducted in April,2008. Additionally reliance has been placed on a decision of this Court in CWP No. 11637 of 2007 Constable Vinod Kumar V. State of Haryana and others decided on 9.5.2008 wherein a Division Bench has upheld the operation of this Rule. In the circumstances this writ petition is dismissed. No costs. (AJAY TEWARI) JUDGE May 14, 2009 sunita