IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10579 of 2009 Date of decision: 01.12.2010 Satnam Singh ...Petitioner Versus P.S.E.B. and others ...Respondentss CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH Present: Mr. B.S. Bajwa, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. H.S. Grewal, Advocate for respondents No. 1 to 4. RANJIT SINGH J. The petitioner has filed this writ petition for quashing order dated 03.07.2009 whereby the petitioner has been placed under suspension. The reason disclosed in the order is that the petitioner is being placed under suspension on the basis of award dated 08.06.2009 passed by the labour Court. The reason for making this prayer is that the award passed by the labour Court was put to challenge through CWP No. 9954 of 2009 in which notice of motion had been issued. Concededly, said writ petition has now been dismissed. In response to notice, reply has been filed. The plea by the Board is that the petitioner had entered into service on the basis of bogus certificate, for which inquiry is pending against him. The inquiry had been kept in abeyance when the petitioner had approached the labour Court. Since the labour Court has now dismissed his application, accordingly, the inquiry has been revived and so the petitioner has been placed under suspension. The Civil Writ Petition No.10579 of 2009 -2- submission by the counsel for the petitioner that he is facing the proceedings for the last 19 years and no punishment has been awarded despite inquiries, to challenge the same, in my view, may not be considered appropriate, in view of the legal position that right of the employer to place employee under suspension during pendency of inquiry is well-recognised. I am not inclined to interfere in the writ petition. The same is, accordingly, dismissed. However, the respondents are well-advised to expedite the inquiry and make an endeavour to complete it within a period of 3 months from the date of receipt of copy of the order. December 01, 2010 ( RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE