C.W.P.No.5350 of 2005 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.5350 of 2005 Date of Decision : 15.02.2008 Dev Raj Naranga .....Petitioner versus Food Corporation of India and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHINDER PAL Present : Shri Naveen Daryal, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri K.K. Gupta, Advocate for the respondents. -.- 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? JUDGMENT HEMANT GUPTA, J. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter-alia, contends that the petitioner has sought voluntary retirement, but without communicating any decision thereon, an order of pre-mature retirement has been passed by the respondents on 7/8.2.2005, Annexure P-6. Learned counsel for the respondents states that, in fact, in the year 2003 itself, a memorandum was issued to the petitioner and after taking into consideration his entire service record, the order of pre-mature retirement was passed on 7/8.2.2005. It is further contended that the request of the petitioner for voluntary retirement was declined by the Competent Authority since the proceedings for pre-mature retirement were contemplated against him. C.W.P.No.5350 of 2005 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the order rejecting the offer of the petitioner to seek voluntary retirement has not been communicated to the petitioner, which is the requirement of the Scheme. Reference is made to para VIII (c) of the Voluntary Retirement Scheme dated 29.6.2004 for the Employees of the Food Corporation of India. Learned counsel for the respondents could not refer to any document which shows the decision on the offer of the petitioner to seek voluntary retirement, was communicated to the petitioner. He, therefore, states that the order declining the voluntary retirement shall be communicated to the petitioner within a period of 2 weeks. In view of the said fact, we dispose of the present writ petition with directions to the respondents to communicate the order rejecting the offer of voluntary retirement to the petitioner within a period of 2 weeks from today. On receipt of such order, it shall be open to the petitioner to seek his remedy, as may be available to him, in accordance with law. (HEMANT GUPTA) JUDGE 15-02-2008 (MOHINDER PAL) *mohinder JUDGE