HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.1062 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: 20.01.2011 **** Arvinder Kaur . . . . Petitioners VS. Chancellor-cum-Appellate Authority, GNDU, Amritsar & Anr. . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 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? **** Present: Mr. Kanwaljit Singh, Senior Advocate with Ms. Sukhwinder Kaur, Advocate for the petitioner ***** SURYA KANT, J. (ORAL) (1). The services of the petitioner were terminated by the respondent-university on the basis of an enquiry report which has already been held to be a ‘preliminary enquiry report’ by this Court vide decision dated 20.09.2010 rendered in CWP No.995 of 2010 (Dr.Balwinder Singh v. GNDU) (Annexure P3). (2). The petitioner has filed a departmental appeal against the order of termination of her services dated 23.12.2009 (Annexure P1) under the Regulations of the respondent- University. Her grievance in the present writ petition is that the above-stated appeal is pending consideration for CWP No.1062 of 2011.doc - 2 – a sufficiently long period and no decision has been taken so far. (3). Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the first respondent-cum-Appellate Authority to decide the petitioner’s appeal in accordance with law as well as keeping in view the decision rendered in Dr.Balwinder Singh’s case (supra) within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (4). Ordered accordingly. Dasti. 20.01.2011 vishal shonkar (S u r y a K a n t) Judge