CWP No.1183 of 2009 : 1 : In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh. Date of decision: 12.01.2010. Jagdish Prashad Vs. State of Haryana and others CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: Mr.PK Sachdev, Advocate,for the petitioner. Mr.RKS Brar, Addl.AG, Haryana, for the respondents. PERMOD KOHLI, J. (Oral): The petitioner has been awarded punishment of stoppage of one increment without cumulative effect vide order dated 26.03.2001, Annexure P-5. The petitioner has preferred an appeal against the said order. The appeal of the petitioner is pending with the Appellate Authority. This fact is also admitted by the respondents in paragraph 9 as also ground (v) of the reply filed by the respondents. It is, thus, admitted position that the appeal of the petitioner has not been decided till date. It is deemed appropriate that the Appelate Authority is directed to decide the appeal against the punishment order inflicted upon the petitioner within a specified period. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the Appellate Authority to decide the appeal preferred by the petitioner against the order of punishment within a period of two CWP No.1183 of 2009 : 2 : months from the date a certified copy of this order is made available to it. Depending upon the outcome of the appeal, the claim of the petitioner for promotion shall be considered by the respondents in accordance with law. 12.01.2010 (PERMOD KOHLI) BLS JUDGE