C.W.P. No. 4642 of 1990 [ 1 ] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 4642 of 1990 Date of Decision: March 11,2010 Baldev Singh Rajan ............................................................. Petitioner Versus The Deputy Registrar, Coop. Societies, Ferozepur, and another ................................................... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashutosh Mohunta Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. Vivek Chauhan, AAG , Punjab. ... ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J. (Oral) The petitioner has prayed that directions be issued to the respondents to reinstate the petitioner as the order dated 17.11.1989 vide which the petitioner was suspended has come to an end on 16.1.1990. The petitioner was employed as a Secretary in the respondent No.2-Society. He was suspended vide order dated 17.11.1989 (Annexure P1). As per Rule 13 of the Punjab State Cooperative Agricultural Service Societies Service Rules 1986 the petitioner could not be kept under suspension for more than two months and in order to continue the suspension of an employee beyond two months, prior approval of the Deputy Registrar was required. It is the case of the petitioner that the suspension period expired on 16.1.1990 and thereafter the petitioner was C.W.P. No. 4642 of 1990 [ 2 ] liable to be reinstated but the respondents had not reinstated him. Reply has been filed on behalf of respondent No.1 wherein it has been averred that the services of the petitioner were dismissed by the Managing Committee of the Society with effect from 17.11.1989 on 11.9.1990. As the petitioner has been dismissed from service, therefore, this writ petition has been rendered infructuous as the writ has been filed against the orders of suspension. Dismissed as infructuous. 11.3.2010 ( ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA ) Rupi JUDGE