C.W.P. No.18234 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No.18234 of 2011 Date of Decision: 27.09.2011 R.D. Verma ....Petitioner Versus Haryana State Federation of Consumer's Co-operative Wholesale Stores ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Namit Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus for directing the respondent to decide the disciplinary proceedings pending since 27.10.2004 (Annexure P-1) by taking a final decision over the enquiry report dated 22.02.2007 (Annexure P-4). Notice of motion. At this stage, Mr. Dhiraj Chawla, Advocate appears and accepts notice on behalf of respondent and prays for time to file reply. However, learned counsel for the petitioner has pointed out that the retiral benefits of the petitioner have not been released to him on account of the pending disciplinary proceedings which were initiated on 27.10.2004. The petitioner submitted reply to the charge sheet on C.W.P. No.18234 of 2011 2 22.11.2004. The Enquiry Officer submitted his report dated 06.07.2005 (Annexure P-3). Meanwhile, the petitioner retired on 28.02.2007. However, no decision has been taken on the said Enquiry report till date. The petitioner also served a legal notice dated 01.07.2011 (Annexure P-6). No action has been taken on the same till date. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent to decide the disciplinary proceeding pending since 27.10.2004 (Annexure P-1) by taking a final decision over the enquiry report dated 22.02.2007 (Annexure P-4) as expeditiously as possible preferably within one month from the receipt of a copy of this order. However, in case, the petitioner is exonerated of the said charge, the respondents are directed to pass an appropriate orders on the retiral benefits immediately thereafter. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 27.09.2011 JUDGE gurpreet