IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA C.W.P. No. 4406 of 2010 Decided on: 2nd August, 2010. Sukh Ram ….Petitioner Versus H.P.S.F.C.and others …Respondents Coram The Hon’ble Mr.Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kuldip Singh, Judge For the Petitioner : Mr. Ramesh Kaundal, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. Bhupinder Thakur, Advocate. _______________________________________________________ Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The petitioner has filed this petition mainly with the following prayers:- “i). That the impugned punishment order Annexure P-15 may kindly be quashed. ii) That the respondents may kindly be directed to release the salary and all consequential financial and other service benefits to the petitioner. iii) That the respondents may kindly be directed to re-instate the petitioner immediately subject to final out come of this petition and pay salary to the petitioner regularly to sustain his family, a CMP for interim relief in this regard is being filed with this writ petition separately also.” 2. In the nature of order, we propose to pass, we do not think that we should advert to the merits, at this stage. We find that the statutory appeal filed by the petitioner, as per Annexure P-16, is pending before the 1st Respondent. It is seen that the appeal was filed as early as in November, 2009. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that under the Rules, the appeal should have been disposed of within a month. 3. There will be a direction to the 1st respondent to dispose of the matter, on merits, after affording an opportunity for hearing to the petitioner, on or before 31st August, 2010. The petitioner will immediately produce a copy of this judgment alongwith the copy of the writ before the Ist respondent, in order to save time for sending notice to the petitioner for personal hearing. We make it clear that the petitioner will appear before the Ist respondent on 12th August, 2010 and thereafter the Ist respondent will hear the petitioner and the appeal shall be disposed of on or before 31st August, 2010. The writ petition is disposed of, so also the pending application(s), if any. Copy dasti. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice (Kuldip Singh), August 2, 2010(K/hl) Judge