CWP No.7985 of 2007 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No.7985 of 2007 Date of decision: 30.11.2011 Karnail Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Deepak Sibbal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. B.S. Chahal, Dy. Advocate General, Punjab. Rajan Gupta, J (oral). The petitioner has sought a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the departmental proceedings initiated against him on the basis of charge-sheet, Annexure P-7. Learned counsel for the petitioner points out at the outset that during pendency of this petition, petitioner has been acquitted by the trial court of all the offences charged with. He submits that in view of same as well as stand of the petitioner that he was not the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, he is entitled to be exonerated in the departmental proceedings. Learned State counsel submits that departmental proceedings have not proceeded further in view of order dated May 24, 2007, passed by this court. He further contends that in case the departmental proceedings are allowed to proceed, all the facts and CWP No.7985 of 2007 2 circumstances including the claim of the petitioner that he was not the DDO at the relevant time and factum of acquittal, shall be taken into consideration by the departmental authority. In view of the statement made by learned State counsel, no further orders are required to be passed. The petition is disposed of with a direction that departmental proceedings be concluded within a fixed time frame, in any case not later than six months. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 30.11.2011 'rajpal'