IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 19215 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 18.03.2009 Purshottam Parkash .... PETITIONER Versus Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Panchkula and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Raman Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Praveen Gupta, Advocate, for Mr. Narender Hooda, Advocate, for the respondents. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner, who retired from the post of Commercial Assistant after attaining the age of superannuation on 31.7.2006, has filed this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuing direction to the respondents to release his retiral benefits i.e. pension, gratuity, leave encashment etc., which have been illegally and arbitrarily withheld on the ground that two charge sheets are pending against him. The pendency of two charge sheets against the petitioner has not been disputed, in which the allegations of negligence, which resulted into some financial losses to the respondent Nigam, have been levelled. It CWP No. 19215 of 2008 -2- has not been disputed by counsel for the petitioner that if the charges pertaining to the financial losses or resulting into financial losses are proved, the retiral benefits of the petitioner can be withheld. In these circumstances, learned counsel for the petitioner confines his prayer for the issuance of direction to the respondents to conclude the proceedings of the above said charge sheets pending against the petitioner. Learned counsel for the respondents states that the proceedings in those charge sheets will be completed within three months, provided the petitioner joins the proceedings. In view of aforesaid facts and the statements made by learned counsel for the parties, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to conclude the proceedings in those charge sheets pending against the petitioner within three months, and the petitioner is also directed to participate in those proceedings. Disposed of accordingly. March 18, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE