CWP NO.1937 OF 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. DATE OF DECISION: 06.2.2009 Vipan Kumar ...Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab & Others …Respondents CORAM HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI PRESENT: Mr.R.K.Arora, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.BS Chahal, DAG, Punjab Permod Kohli, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. On the asking of this Court, Mr.B.S.Chahal, DAG, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the respondents-State. With the consent of the counsel, this petition is disposed of at motion stage. CWP NO.1937 OF 2009 2 The petitioner was charge-sheeted for remaining absent from duty vide charge-sheet dated 7.12.1998. An enquiry was conducted. The Enquiry Officer is said to have exonerated the petitioner from all the charges. However, the disciplinary authority passed the order dated 23.11.2007 whereby two annual increments of the petitioner were withheld with cumulative effect. The petitioner challenged the order of punishment by filing statutory appeal dated 29.12.2007 (Annexure P-2) before the appellate authority i.e. respondent no.1. The grievance of the petitioner is that the statutory appeal has not been decided till date. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent no.1 to take a decision on the statutory appeal (Annexure P-2) in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date a certified copy of this order is furnished to him. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 06.2.2009 MFK