C.W.P. No. 14730 of 2011 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 14730 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: 11.08.2011 Amarjit Singh ..........Petitioner Versus Managing Director, The Punjab State Coop. ..........Respondents Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd. & Ors. BEFORE:- HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE DAYA CHAUDHARY Present:- Mr. Ajay Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner. **** DAYA CHAUDHARY, J. The present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed for issuing direction to the respondents to decide the appeal dated 27.9.2010 (Annexure P-3) in a time bound manner and also staying the operation of impugned order dated 26.8.2010 (Anexure P-2). Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that the petitioner filed statutory appeal in the month of September, 2010 but the same is pending without any hearing. Even the application for interim relief has also not been heard. Learned counsel further submits that the recovery from the salary is being made even during the pendency of appeal. Learned counsel has relied upon the order passed in C.W.P. No. 4412 of 2006 on 24.4.2006 in similar circumstances where the appeal was pending and recovery was made from the salary. In view of the submission made by learned counsel for the petitioner as well as order passed in C.W.P. No. 4412 of 2006, the present C.W.P. No. 14730 of 2011 (2) petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.1 to make all efforts to decide the appeal preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of copy of the order. In case the appeal is not heard, the interim application, which is pending along with the appeal be decided within a period of one month from today. It is also directed that no recovery from the salary of the petitioner be made till the decision of the appeal. Disposed of accordingly. August 11, 2011 (DAYA CHAUDHARY) pooja JUDGE