IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.20477 of 2011 Date of Decision : November 04, 2011. Haryana State Federation of Cooperative Sugar Mills Ltd. And another .....Petitioners versus The Appellate Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Adt and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Naveen S.Bhardwaj, Advocate, for the petitioners. -.- 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 petitioners-apex body and one of the Sugar Mills have preferred a statutory appeal against the order dated 11.3.2010 (Annexure P- 1) passed by the Controlling Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 which is pending consideration before respondent No.1. The grievance of the petitioners is that while their appeal is still pending consideration before the Appellate Authority, the private respondents are pressing hard for execution of the impugned order. The petitioners accordingly seek a mandamus to the Appellate Authority for early adjudication of their appeal. CWP No.20477 of 2011 [2] Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners and considering the nature of relief sought by them, however, without expressing any views on the merits of issues involved, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Appellate Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, namely, respondent No.1 to decide the pending appeal as early as possible but not later than four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Till then, recovery pursuant to the order dated 11.3.2010 passed by the Controlling Authority, shall remain stayed. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. November 04, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE