IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 2878 of 2010 Date of Decision: 24.2.2010 Bijender Singh ....Petitioner. Versus Haryana Dakshin Bijli Vitran Nigam and others ...Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL. PRESENT: Mr. Ashok Tyagi, Advocate for the petitioner. AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. By way of instant writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the order dated 31.8.2009 (Annexure P-7) passed by respondent No.2 and for issuance of a direction to the respondents to release him all the consequential benefits following reinstatement. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that against the order, Annexure P-7, impugned in this writ petition, an appeal has been filed on 28.10.2009 (Annexure P-8). He has referred to Regulation 10 of the DHBVN Employees (Punishment and Appeal) Regulation, 2006 wherein under Clause (b), it has been provided that the appellate authority shall pass its judgment within 60 days in the case of first appeal and within 90 days in the case of second appeal. Regulation 10 reads thus:- “10. PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS OF APPEAL CWP No. 2878 of 2010 -2- (a) No appeal preferred under Regulation-9 shall be entertained unless such appeal, is preferred within a period of 60 days from the date on which a copy of the order appealed against, is delivered to the appellant; Provided that the appellate authority, may entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said period, if it is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal in time. (b) The Appellate Authority shall pass its judgment within 60 days in the case of first appeal and within 90 days in the case of Second Appeal.” On the strength of the aforesaid Regulation, learned counsel states that the petitioner shall feel satisfied in case a time bound direction is issued to the appellate authority to decide the appeal expeditiously. In view of the above and after hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the appellate authority before whom the appeal of the petitioner is pending to decide the same within a period of one month from the date of the receipt of a certified copy of this order. February 24, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) gbs JUDGE