CWP No.8078 of 2009 : 1 : In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh. Date of decision: 26.05.2009 Gurdial Singh Samra ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: Mr.DS Pheruman, Advocate,for the petitioner. Mr.BS Chahal, DAG, Punjab, for the respondents. PERMOD KOHLI, J. (Oral): Notice of motion. At this stage, Mr. B.S. Chahal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. With the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, this petition is being disposed of at the motion stage. The petitioner was served with a charge sheet dated 03.09.2004, Annexure P-1, along with two other persons. An enquiry was conducted in respect to the charges served upon the petitioner. The Enquiry Officer found the petitioner guilty of some of the charges vide his report dated 24.02.2006, Annexure P-3. While the disciplinary proceedings were pending, the petitioner attained the age of superannuation. He received a Show Cause Notice dated 28.06.2006, Annexure P-4, for the proposed CWP No.8078 of 2009 : 2 : action. Reply to the Show Cause Notice was submitted by the petitioner on on 11.07.2006, Annexure P-5. Since then no action has been taken by the respondents on the Show Cause Notice in the disciplinary proceedings initiated against the petitioner. The respondents, however, vide order dated 14.12.2006, Annexure P-6, sanctioned 80 per cent of the gratuity and an amount of Rs.1,05,000/- has been recovered from the DCRG. Since the respondents concluded the disciplinary proceedings, the petitioner made a representation dated 15.01.2009, Annexure P-7, but no decision has been taken on the same till date. The petitioner has accordingly filed the present writ petition seeking a direction for taking decision on the disciplinary proceedings initiated against him. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to take a final decision on the disciplinary proceedings against the petitioner in the light of the reply submitted by him to the Show Cause Notice. Let the entire disciplinary proceedings be concluded within a period of three months from the date a certified copy of this order is made available to the competent authority. 26.05.2009 (PERMOD KOHLI) BLS JUDGE