CWP No.8117 of 2010 E/ASI Ram Kumar, 354 Vs. State of Haryana and others. Present: Mr.Parveen Kumar Rohilla, Advocate for the petitioner. * * * Permod Kohli, J . Notice of motion. Mr.R.S.Kundu, Addl. Advocate General, Haryana accepts notice on behalf of the respondents-State. The petitioner has been ordered to be compulsory retired vide order dated 26.2.2009 passed by Superintendent of Police, Railway Haryana, Ambala Cantt.-respondent No.4 at the age of 55 years in terms of rule 5.32 (c) of the Punjab Service Rules Vol, Part-1 and PPR 9.18 (2) from Govt. Service w.e.f. 28.02.2009 due to arrest in case FIR No.116 dated 21.7.2008 P.S.GRPS Karnal under Sections 61/1/14 of Excise Act, 144 Rlys Act, 120 B IPC, 7 P.C. Act. The petitioner preferred a statutory appeal against the aforesaid order before the Inspector General of Police, Railways & T.S.(H) Moginand, Panchkula (Haryana). The said appeal is still pending. The petitioner filed this writ petition challenging the compulsory retirement order. Since statutory appeal filed by the petitioner is still pending, it is desired that appeal of the petitioner i.e. alternative statutory remedy be allowed to be exhausted first. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with direction to respondent No.3- Inspector General of Police, Railways & T.S.(H) Moginand, Panchkula (Haryana) to decide the appeal preferred by the petitioner expeditiously preferably within in a period of two months from the receipt of a certified copy of this order. ( PERMOD KOHLI] JUDGE 05.05.2010 sd