Civil Writ Petition No.18030 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18030 of 2011. Date of Decision: 23rd September,2011. Jagdish Chand (Chowkidar) Marketing Committee Palwal ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and Others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIRMALJIT KAUR Present: Mr.Sat Narain Yadav Advocate for the petitioner. * * * Nirmaljit Kaur, J.(Oral) This is a petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned order dated 18.08.2011 (Annexure P-7) passed by respondent No.3 and for release all consequences benefits arising out of Civil court order/judgment. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner was dismissed from service being absent from the duty and thereafter, he approached the Director, National Commission-respondent for his reinstatement. The petitioner was appointed afresh. Meanwhile, the respondent department initiated departmental enquiry against the petitioner on the charge of being absent but the said enquiry is still pending. As a result, the service benefits i.e revised pay-scale, ACP, increment have not been granted to the petitioner. The petitioner sent a legal notice dated 03.08.2011 to the respondents for grant of service benefits i.e revised pay scale, ACP, increment. The respondents, in reply to the legal notice, submitted that the petitioner was absent for the period 13.12.1998 to 02.10.2006 whereas, it is contended that the respondents seems to have taken the decision Civil Writ Petition No.18030 of 2011 2 without completing the said enquiry and finalizing the disciplinary proceedings as also the order passed by the Civil Court vide which the termination order was set aside. Without going into the merits of this case at this stage, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to complete the enquiry/departmental proceedings initiated in the year 2006 as expeditiously as possible preferably within six months from the date of receipt of copy of the order. (Nirmaljit Kaur) 23rd September, 2011. Judge Seema-II