IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.6678 of 2010 Date of Decision : April 09, 2010. Gurmeet Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Kehar Singh Hissowal, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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) The petitioner has been dismissed from service vide the impugned order dated 16.3.2010 (Annexure P-1). He had earlier filed Civil Writ Petition No.5565 of 2010 challenging the aforesaid impugned order, which was, however, withdrawn with liberty to file the departmental appeal. The petitioner has now filed this second writ petition on an erroneous premise that no appeal is maintainable against the impugned order. In my considered view, once the punishment order has been made appealable under the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970, the appeal, if any, preferred by the petitioner under Rule 15 C.W.P.No .6678 of 2010 2 thereof, can be decided by the next higher authority in the department concerned. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction that in case the petitioner submits a statutory appeal within a period of one month, the Competent Authority shall hear him in person and dispose of his appeal by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Dasti. April 09, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE