CWP No.7640 of 1989(O&M) [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.7640 of 1989 (O&M) Date of Decision: 26.09.2011 Babu Singh Sub Inspector (Retd.) Village & P.O. Khatra Chuharmi, Via Dehlon, District Ludhiana ... Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab through Director General of Police, Punjab, Chandigarh and others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:None for the parties. ***** 1.Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? NO 2.To be referred to the reporters or not? NO 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? NO K. KANNAN, J. (Oral) 1. The petitioner appears to have been prematurely retired and the petitioner would complain that such an event of premature retirement cannot come on account of alleged adverse entries in his Annual Confidential Reports. The petitioner is aggrieved that the alleged adverse entries had not been communicated to him and hence the decision could not have been taken to compulsorily retire him. I have seen the order of termination and find that the order of termination is not in the nature of punishment but merely a record of fact that he was being prematurely retired in public interest. Such an order of premature retirement does not constitute a stigma and cannot amount to a punishment. CWP No.7640 of 1989(O&M) [2] 2. There is no representation on behalf of the petitioner but having regard to the limited scope of the contentions raised in the writ petition, I have proceeded to dispose of the writ petition on merits. 3. The writ petition is dismissed. SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 ( K. KANNAN ) Rajan JUDGE