IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 18591 of 2009. [O&M] Date of Decision: 4th August 2010. Er. K.C.Khullar Petitioner through Mr. B.R.Mahajan, Advocate Versus Punjab State Electricity Board & Anr. Respondents through Mr. Sukhbir Singh, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT. 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? SURYA KANT, J. [ORAL] The petitioner is serving as an Additional Superintending Engineer in the respondent Board. After a departmental inquiry, the punishment of stoppage of three annual grade increments with cumulative effect was imposed upon him by the Board vide its order dated 30.1.2006 [Annexure P-4]. The petitioner preferred an appeal which has been declined by passing a non-speaking and cryptic order dated 26.1.2008 [Annexure P-8] which reads as follows:- “After deliberations, the Board rejected the appeal filed by Er. K.S.Khullar, Sr. XEN Code No. 2972 filed against office order No. 92 dated 16.2.2006”. The petitioner still filed a review application which has also been dismissed without assigning any reason. Similar orders were passed in the case of one J.S.Pathania, who was also charge-sheeted and punished along with the petitioner. J.S.Pathania approached this Court in CWP No. 6340 of 2008 and vide order dated 24.8.2009 [Annexure P-9], his writ petition was allowed to the extent that the order passed by the Appellate Authority was set aside and the matter was remitted to the Board to re-consider the same afresh and in accordance with law. Since the petitioner has also been denied fair trial by passing a non-speaking and cryptic order, the writ petition is allowed to the extent that the impugned orders are set aside and the Appellate Authority is directed to re-consider the petitioner's appeal and dispose of the same, in accordance with law and after giving him an opportunity of personal hearing. The needful shall be done within a period of four months from the date a certified copy of this order is received. Disposed of. Dasti. August 04, 2010. ( SURYA KANT ) dinesh JUDGE