IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Regular Second Appeal No.2279 of 2008 Date of Order: 17.10.2008 Resham Singh ...Appellant Versus State of Punjab ..Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA Present: Mr. Surinder Sharma, Advocate for the appellant. RAJIVE BHALLA, J (Oral). The appellant challenges the judgments and decrees passed by the Civil Judge (Senior Division), Jalandhar, dated 09.12.2003 and the Additional District Judge, Jalandhar, dated 26.07.2007, dismissing the suit and his appeal. The appellant while working as a police constable remained absent from duty and was consequently proceeded against by way of a departmental enquiry. As his guilt was established he was served with a show cause notice that led to his dismissal from service. The appellant thereafter filed a suit, challenging the order of his dismissal from service. Both the trial Courts and the first appellate Court dismissed the suit and the appeal respectively, by holding that departmental proceedings did not suffer from the violation of any statutory provisions or principles of natural justice. I have heard counsel for the appellant and find no reason factual or legal to interfere with the concurrent findings, recorded by the courts below. The learned courts below have examined the entire controversy in detail and have returned concurrent findings of fact, which are neither Regular Second Appeal No.2279 of 2008 -2- illegal, arbitrary nor perverse. The appellant was dismissed from service for absence from duty after service of a charge sheet, the conduct of an enquiry and the service of a show cause notice. These proceedings have been conducted in accordance with rules. Counsel for the appellant has failed to point out any error in the departmental proceedings or the order of his dismissal from service. As no question of law muchless a substantial question of law arises for consideration, the appeal is dismissed with no order as to costs. October 17, 2008 (RAJIVE BHALLA) nt JUDGE