IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.6400 of 2011 Date of Decision : April 08, 2011. Ram Singh .....Petitioner versus The Moga Central Cooperative Bank Ltd. and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.B.S.Bhalla, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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 petitioner was a Peon in respondent No.1-Bank. He has been dismissed from service vide an order dated 19.10.2009 (Annexure P2) after holding a departmental enquiry pursuant to the charge-sheet Annexure P-1 wherein it was alleged that the petitioner opened a fake saving account and diverted the deposits of the bank customers in that account. The dismissal order is appealable under the rules governing the services conditions of the petitioner. Unfortunately, no such appeal was filed by the petitioner. Be that as it may, considering the fact that the petitioner was a Class-IV employee and apparently belongs to the poor section of society, it would be in the interest of justice to give him an C.W.P.No .6400 of 2011 2 opportunity to file the departmental appeal at this stage moreso when no serious prejudice is likely to be caused to respondent No.1-bank. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to submit a departmental appeal within a period of one month from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. It is directed that in case the petitioner submits an appeal within the stipulated period, the same shall not be rejected on the ground of limitation and be decided on merits and in accordance with law within a reasonable period. Dasti. April 08, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE