CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.19933 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.19933 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION: OCTOBER 6, 2010 Suresh Kumar .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH. PRESENT: Mr. K.S. Dhanora, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. DAG, Haryana for the State. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. Mr. Rathee today has placed before me the file showing that the case of the petitioner was duly considered on the due date and was approved for grant of promotion. However, due to the currency of the punishment, the petitioner could not be promoted. The moment the currency of the punishment was over, the petitioner was promoted w.e.f. 3.9.2005. It also transpires that the petitioner though was exonerated by the inquiry officer, but has been awarded punishment of stoppage of one increment by the disciplinary authority after recording a note of dissent. There is no challenge made to the punishment awarded to the petitioner. Faced with this situation, the counsel for the petitioner prays for time to challenge the punishment imposed upon CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.19933 of 2009 -2- the petitioner if otherwise permissible, in accordance with law. Let the petitioner make any challenge to the punishment imposed upon him since he has been denied promotion on that ground to make a wholesome challenge to his delayed promotion and ask form promotion from the date he was considered and was due for the same. The present writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with the liberty to file a fresh petition containing wholesome challenge to the punishment as well as for the denial of the promotion if any. October 06, 2010 ( RANJIT SINGH ) monika JUDGE