IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.5580 of 1989 Date of decision : 01.10.2010 Kundan Lal Sharma … Petitioner Versus The State of Haryana and another …Respondents Coram: Hon’ble Ms.Justice Ritu Bahri Present: Mr.Sanjay Mittal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.S.S.Goripuria, DAG, Haryana. 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Ritu Bahri, J. The petitioner has challenged the impugned order dated 17.8.1985 (Annexure P-3) passed by the Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Haryana whereby two increments of the petitioner were stopped. The main ground taken by the petitioner in this petition is that while issuing notice under Rule 8 of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeals) Rules, 1952, a major penalty of stoppage of two increments with cumulative effect has been imposed. This punishment could not have been imposed without holding a regular enquiry. Reliance has been placed on the judgments of this Hon’ble Court in cases of Rohtas Singh Malik Vs. State of Haryana and another RSJ 1995(2), 354 (CWP No.12696 of1991 decided on 4.1.1995), Ex.Capt.R.S.Dhull Vs. State of Haryana, 2003(3) RSJ, 198 (CWP No.270 of 1988 decided on 5.2.2003) and Randhir Singh Vs. The State of Haryana and others 1994(4) SLR, 44 (CWP No.16547 of 1992 decided on 31.3.1994). In view of the aforesaid settled law, writ petition is allowed and the impugned order dated 17.8.1985 (Annexure P-3) is quashed. A direction is given that salary of the petitioner be re-fixed within a period of four months along with arrears for the period of three years and two months prior to the date of filing of the writ petition in this Court. (Ritu Bahri) Judge 01.10.2010 sd