IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.9947 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 26, 2010. Gurdeep Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Padamkant Dwivedi, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers 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? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner is a Conductor in the Transport Department, Government of Punjab. He was served with a charge-sheet which culminated into award of the penalty of stoppage of five annual grade increments with cumulative effect vide orders dated 17.11.1987 (Annexure P-1) and 22.5.1996 (Annexure P-2). Aggrieved, the petitioner has preferred an appeal before the Appellate Authority on 27.11.2009 (Annexure P-3) under the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970. His grievance is that his appeal has not been decided so far. C.W.P.No .9947 of 2010 2 Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to the Principal Secretary/Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Transport, to decide the petitioner's pending appeal as early as possible, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order, in accordance with law and by passing a speaking order after affording opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. 26-05-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE