IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 19186 of 2009 Date of Decision: 16.02.2011 Inderjit Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present : Mr. Surinder Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Madhu Dayal, Addl. A.G. Punjab Ms. Rita Kohli, Advocate for respondents No. 27 & 28. Mr. GPS Bal, Advocate for respondents No. 29, 37, 39, 47, 48, 49, 61, 62, 64, 66, 67, 70, 71 and 72. Mr. R.S.Modi, Advocate, for respondent No. 50. Mr. Shubhjot Singh Chadha, Advocate, for respondent No. 52. Mr. Gurvir K.Dhillon, Advocate, for respondent No. 60. Mr. Navdeep Chhabra, Advocate, for respondent No. 68. Mr. Vivek K.Thakur, Advocate, for respondents No. 33 and 34. Ms. Shivani Sharma, Advocate, for the respondent No. 75. **** RANJAN GOGOI, C.J.(Oral) This Public Interest Litigation has been filed seeking implementation of certain Government Notifications enclosed as Annexures P-2 and P-3. The said notifications, which are of the year 2002, laid down the norms for appointments of the Station House Officers in the Police Stations in the State of Punjab. Ms. Dayal, learned Addl. Advocate General, Punjab has placed before us the provisions of Section 13 (2) of the Punjab CWP No. 19186 of 2009 [2] Police Act, 2007 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') which, inter-alia, provides that each Police Station in the State shall be headed by a Station House Officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector of Police subject to the following conditions:- “(i) should not be facing prosecution in a criminal case; (ii) should not have been served a charge-sheet in a vigilance enquiry or in a departmental enquiry, concerning serious misconduct involving moral turpitude; (iii) must have worked in the rank of Non-Gazetted Officer in a Police Station for a minimum period of 3 years; (iv) should not have been awarded a major punishment during a period of five years, preceding his posting as Station House Officer; and (v) must not have been doubted in respect of his integrity for a period of five years, preceding his posting as Station House Officer;” The provisions of Section 13(2) of the Act co- incidentally answer the grievance raised by the petitioner. In any event, as the issue raised in the writ petition is covered by the specific provisions of a statutory enactment, no orders from the Court will be called for save and except that the provisions of Section 13(2) of the Act will be strictly followed in cases of appointments of Station House Officers in the Police Stations in the State of Punjab. PIL shall stands disposed of in the above terms. (RANJAN GOGOI) CHIEF JUSTICE (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) JUDGE 16.02.2011 'ravinder'