IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.9236 of 2011 Date of Decision : May 24, 2011. Brij Lal Sharma .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Rakesh Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.J.S.Puri, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. Mr.J.S.Puri, learned Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 20.2.2009 (Annexure P-3) whereby recovery of Rs.37,372/- has been imposed upon him. He is also aggrieved by the order dated 11.2.2011 (Annexure P-5) passed by the Principal Secretary to the Government of Punjab, Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, dismissing his appeal CWP No.9236 of 2011 [2] against the above mentioned punishment order. Suffice it to mention that the impugned disciplinary action appears to have been taken in an 18 years old matter and despite a specific objection taken to the effect by the petitioner, the Appellate Authority has rejected the appeal by passing a totally non-speaking and cryptic order. It is imperative upon a quasi-judicial Authority to consider and deal with the contentions raised before it. No such exercise has been undertaken by the Appellate Authority in the instant case. For the reasons afore-stated, the writ petition is allowed in part; the impugned Appellate order dated 11.2.2011 (Annexure P-5) is set- aside and the matter is remitted to the Appellate Authority with a direction to decide the same afresh by passing a speaking order preferably by giving an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioner, within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 24, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE