CWP No. 15889 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 15889 of 2008 Date of decision: September 9, 2008 Bahadur Singh --- Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ---- Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashutosh Mohunta Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. R.K.Chopra, Sr. Advocate, with Mr. Amit Chopra, Advocate, for the petitioner Ashutosh Mohunta, J. The petitioner was appointed as a JBT teacher in Punjab Education Department and retired as Head Teacher on 31.5.2006. Prior to retirement, he was issued a charge sheet dated 24.3.2003 and vide order dated 9-7-2003 the penalty of stoppage of one increment with cumulative effect was imposed upon him, which is a major penalty under the rules. Counsel submits that the petitioner filed an appeal against the order dated 9-7-2003 before respondent No.1, who referred the same to respondent No.2 for decision. But the said appeal has not been decided so far. After hearing counsel for the parties, we dispose of the CWP No. 15889 of 2008 -2- present writ petition with direction to respondent No.2 to decide the appeal filed by the petitioner within four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. [Ashutosh Mohunta] Judge [Rajan Gupta] Judge September 8, 2008 `ask'