R.S.A No. 815 of 2009 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.S.A No. 815 of 2009 Date of decision : October 26, 2009 State of Punjab and others, ...... Appellant (s) v. Bharat Kumar, ...... Respondent(s) *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI *** Present : Mr. N.S.Virk, Addl.A.G Punjab for the appellants. Mr. Viney Puri, Advocate for Mr. D.K.Bhatti, Advocate for the respondent. *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers 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 ? *** AJAY TEWARI, J (Oral) This appeal has been filed against concurrent judgments of the Courts below decreeing the suit of the respondent claiming retiral benefits with interest. The trial Court decreed the suit and directed the appellants to pay arrears to the respondent of his retiral dues with 9% interest p.a. In appeal, the rate of interest has been increased to 12% p.a. The following question has been proposed :- “ (i) Whether the holding of inquiry against the R.S.A No. 815 of 2009 ::2:: respondent/plaintiff is illegal ?” Counsel for the appellants has conceded that the question as proposed does not arise in this appeal. He has, however, argued that regarding the charge sheet in respect of Rs.1,13,145/-, punishment order was passed as per which the respondent was held liable to deposit half of the said amount. The argument is that at-least this deduction cannot be held to be illegal. I find this to be correct. With regard to the said charge sheet, the punishment order, after regular inquiry, was passed as per which the appellants were entitled to recover half of the amount. This order was never challenged in the instant suit. Consequently, this recovery cannot be held to be illegal on the basis of the impugned judgments and decrees. Apart from this, no other question has been proposed or argued. Consequently, this appeal is dismissed with, however, no order as to costs. As the main appeal has since been dismissed, all the pending civil miscellaneous applications, if any, also stand disposed of. October 26, 2009 ( AJAY TEWARI ) kk JUDGE