CWP No.6916 of 2007.doc - 1 – HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.6916 of 2007 (O&M) Date of Decision: 22.03.2010 **** Major Singh . . . . Petitioner VS. State of Punjab and others . . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 1. Whether Reporters of local papers 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? **** Present: Mr. S.C. Chhabra, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Charu Tuli, Sr. DAG, Punjab ***** SURYA KANT J. (ORAL) (1). The petitioner is a retired driver of the Punjab Roadways. He seeks quashing of the order dated 21.11.2006 (Annexure P9) passed by the Director, State Transport, whereby, 1/3rd of the compensation amount i.e. Rs.73687/- is sought to be recovered from him by imposing a cut of 5% in his pension. The aforesaid recovery is sought to be effected on account of the MACT award, whereby, the State Exchequer suffered a pecuniary loss of Rs.2,20,851/-. CWP No.6916 of 2007.doc - 2 – (2). Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the respondents have already recovered more than Rs.73,687/- from him on account of the stoppage of his increments etc. and given one opportunity to represent the grievances he would be able to persuade the authorities in this regard. (3). As prayed for, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to submit a representation to the competent authority, which shall be considered and disposed of in accordance with law and rules/policies of the State Government as early as possible but not later than four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (4). Ordered accordingly. (5). Dasti . (SURYA KANT) JUDGE 22.03.2010 vishal shonkar