IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.17330 of 2011 Date of Decision : September 15, 2011. Harjinder Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.A.K.Vermani, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner was a S.P.O. in Punjab Police, who was discharged from service on 14.3.2006 due to his involvement in a criminal case. The petitioner preferred an appeal which was turned down being not maintainable. The petitioner alleges that his co-accused have been treated differently and they have been reinstated in service. That apart, the petitioner relies upon an alleged enquiry report dated 29.1.2009 submitted by the Inspector, Police Detective, Amritsar on an application dated 16.2.2008 purportedly given by HC Harpreet Singh No.1192/Amritsar who was also the petitioner's co-accused in the criminal case. In the above- stated enquiry report, the petitioner as well as HC Harpreet Singh are said CWP No.17330 of 2011 [2] to have been “found innocent”. The petitioner, in the light of the above stated equiry report, seeks a direction for his reinstatement in service. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner, I am of the considered view that the validity and reliability of the enquiry report shall also be an issue to be gone into by the Competent Authority. Whether the Inspector, Police Detective, Amritsar was authorized/directed by the Competent Authority to hold a fact finding enquiry and whether the said report is based upon appreciation of correct facts, are the questions of fact to be gone into by the Competent Authority. Similarly, what can be the impact or the implication of the said report in relation to the petitioner's duties as SPO is also a question to be gone into by the Competent Authority. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to approach the authorities in this regard who shall consider all the issues in the light of the observations made herein above, within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. September 15, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE