CWP No.4062 of 2011 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh. Date of decision: 07.03.2011 Varinder Kumar Puri Vs. State of Punjab and others. Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Permod Kohli Present: Mr.SK Arora, Advocate,for the petitioner. Mrs. Charu Tuli, Senior DAG, Punjab, for the respondents. PERMOD KOHLI, J. (Oral): Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mrs. Charu Tuli, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts noticed on behalf of the respondents. Requisite number of copies of the paper book have been supplied to her today itself in Court by the learned counsel for the petitioner. With the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, present writ petition is being disposed of at the motion stage. The petitioner was working as Assistant Accountant, Punjab Roadways, Amritsar Depot-2. He was terminated from service after Disciplinary Proceedings against him vide order dated 17.06.2005 (Annexure P-1). The petitioner preferred an appeal against the termination order on 21.07.2005 (Annexure P-2). Copy of the memorandum of appeal has also been placed on record. The grievance of the petitioner is that no decision has been taken by the Appellate Authority, on the appeal of the petitioner till date. CWP No.4062 of 2011 2 He is seeking a direction for the disposal of the appeal. Keeping in view the prayer made, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Appellate Authority to decide the appeal of the petitioner, in accordance with law, within a period of four months from the date a certified copy of this order is made available to it. 07.03.2011 (PERMOD KOHLI) BLS JUDGE