IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 3655 of 1989 DATE OF DECISION : 22.05.2009 G.S. Bhullar (Dead) through LRs .... PETITIONER Versus The Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd., Chandigarh and another ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. D.S. Pheruman, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. A.C. Jain, Advocate, for the respondents. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) Petitioner G.S. Bhullar had filed this petition against the order dated 24.11.1987, passed by the Disciplinary Authority, whereby the petitioner was dismissed from service. During the pendency of the petition, the petitioner has expired and vide order dated 3.10.2005, his legal representatives were ordered to be impleaded. In the written statement, the respondents have taken the stand that against the impugned order of punishment, the appeal was maintainable under the rules of the respondent Corporation. Counsel for the respondents states that even if today the legal representatives of the deceased employee CWP No. 3655 of 1989 -2- want to file appeal before the equivalent Appellate Authority i.e. Board of Directors of the respondent Corporation, the same will be considered sympathetically, on merits, without raising the objection of limitation. In view of the said statement made by counsel for the respondents, counsel for the petitioner states that the legal representatives of the petitioner may be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to file appeal against the impugned order before the equivalent Appellate Authority. Dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. If the said appeal is filed within a period of two months from today, the Appellate Authority i.e. the Board of Directors of the respondent Corporation is directed to consider and decide the said appeal sympathetically, on merits, within a period of four months, thereafter. Dasti on payment of usual charges. May 22, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE