IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.20441 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: November 04, 2011 Major singh …..Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.S.K. Bawa, Advocate for the petitioner .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: The petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing impugned order dated 29.6.2011 (Annexure P-5) whereby his request for payment of salary for the period from 7.3.2008 to 1.7.2011 was turned down. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner is entitled to salary for the period in question. He has referred to order-Annexure P/3 dated 4.5.2011 passed by this court in CWP No.7831 of 2011 and submits that in view of same petitioner is entitled to salary. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner. It appears that petitioner joined service in the year 1992 with Punjab Home Guards. On 13.2.2008 he was dismissed from service on certain allegations. He was later reinstated and vide order dated 11.6.2008 transferred from Sangrur to Patiala. Instead of joining at new place of Civil Writ Petition No.20441 of 2011 - 2 - posting, he filed civil suit in the court of Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Sangrur, impugning his order of transfer. A writ petition was also filed before this court alleging that he had not been allowed to join duty at Patiala where he had been posted after reinstatement. The said writ petition was disposed of on 4.5.2011 with the following directions:- “3. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and having regard to the nature of relief sought, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.3 to verify as to whether or not the petitioner had reported for duties at Headquarter/Company Officer, Sangrur and if so, then why he was not permitted to join his duties in compliance to the order passed by respondent no.2. 4. Appropriate speaking order, to this effect, shall be passed within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order.” Pursuant to aforesaid order, Additional Director General of Police-cum-Commandant General, Punjab Home Guards looked into the matter and passed a speaking order. Same has been impugned in this petition. A perusal of impugned order shows that the officer came to the conclusion that petitioner never reported for duty at Patiala, instead he preferred a civil suit in the civil court at Sangrur and the same is still pending before Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Sangrur. 2 Civil Writ Petition No.20441 of 2011 - 3 - In the facts and circumstances of the case, I am of the considered view that no case is made out for interference in writ jurisdiction of this court. It appears that petitioner is a chronic litigant. After his dismissal from service he challenged the order terminating his services. After said order was withdrawn he was transferred to Patiala. He again preferred a civil suit challenging his transfer. Besides he also preferred various writ petitions before this court more or less on same issues. This petition is thus without any merit and same is hereby dismissed. November 04, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE 3