Civil Writ Petition No. 8297 of 2008 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 8297 of 2008 Date of Decision: 16.5.2008 Gurmohinder Pal Singh …Petitioner Versus Punjab State Co-operative Milk Producers Federation Limited and others. …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. G.S.Bal, Advocate for the petitioner. Ashutosh Mohunta, J. (Oral) The challenge in the writ petition is to the order dated 9.4.2008 (Anneuxre P7), vide which penalty of stoppage of one annual grade increment with cumulative effect and recovery of Rs.2,16,140/- has been imposed upon the petitioner. As an appeal is competent against the impugned order dated 9.4.2008 (Anneuxre P7), therefore, the present writ petition is not maintainable. In view of the above, we dispose of the writ petition with the observation that the petitioner may avail the alternative remedy of filing of appeal before the competent Authority. In case, the appeal is filed Civil Writ Petition No. 8297 of 2008 2 within two weeks from today, then the competent Authority shall take the lenient view with regard to condonation of delay in filing the appeal. (Ashutosh Mohunta) Judge (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge May 16, 2008 “DK”