IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 21143 of 2010 Gian Singh .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH PRESENT: Pt. Randhir Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioner, who has been dismissed on account of being absent, has filed this writ petition to challenge the same. During the course of arguments, counsel limits his prayer only for directing the respondents to consider, in case the punishment could be reduced to compulsory retirement due to long service rendered by the petitioner. The present writ petition is disposed of with the permission to the petitioner to pursue his appeal in this regard. No direction, however, can be issued considering the facts and circumstances of the case. December 13, 2010 ( RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE