CWP No.11368 of 1989 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.11368 of 1989 DATE OF DECISION: March 11, 2011 TARSEM SINGH SAINI @ TARSEM LAL SAINI ...PETITIONER VERSUS PUNJAB STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, PATIALA ...RESPONDENT AND OTHERS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN. 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the digest? No ---- PRESENT: NONE. K.KANNAN, J.(ORAL) 1. The writ petition contains a challenge to termination of service of the petitioner who was an employee in the Electricity Board. He had been charged with the offence under Section 302 IPC, but ultimately conviction was rendered under Section 304-II IPC. The termination from service was effected on the ground that he was guilty of offence involving moral turpitude. The contention before the officer who passed the order impugned in the writ petition was that a conviction under Section 304-II IPC must be taken to involve moral turpitude. 2. The only ground relief in appeal is that no termination could have been made without proper notice to him and without taking note of the fact that conviction was under Section 304-II IPC and not under Section 302 IPC. I do not think that it makes a difference. The conviction was for a heinous offence that did not merit favourable consideration for an CWP No.11368 of 1989 -2- employee. 3. The order impugned is confirmed and the writ petition is dismissed. March 11, 2011 (K.KANNAN) Gulati JUDGE