IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3594 of 2009 Date of Decision: March 06, 2009 Anil Kumar Gupta .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Food Corporation of India & Another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Vikas Mohan Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This civil writ petition filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to consider the pendency of appeals and dispose of the same expeditiously. It has been brought out that the petitioner was chargesheeted on the allegations of causing loss to the respondents. Various penalties were imposed vide orders, Annexures P-6 to P-9. The petitioner preferred statutory appeals that have been placed on record as Annexures P-10 to P-12. Despite the fact that the appeals have been filed in February 2008 and July 2008, till date no decision thereupon has been taken. CWP No.3594 of 2009 [2] I have considered the issue. The petitioner is entitled to the expeditious disposal of the statutory appeals. In view of the above, respondent No.2 is directed to ensure that statutory appeals filed by the petitioner are dealt with and disposed of within 60 days of receipt of a copy of this order. (AJAI LAMBA) March 06, 2009 JUDGE avin