1 Civil Writ Petition No. 1962 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH --- Civil Writ Petition No. 1962 of 2010 Date of Decision: 5.2.2010 Mast Ram --- Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others --- Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL *** PRESENT: Mr. R.R. Dhawan, Advocate for the petitioner. --- AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. In this petition filed by the petitioner under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the prayer is for quashing the order dated 22.10.2001, Annexure P-3, whereby his two increments have been forfeited permanently; and order dated 19.12.2008, Annexure P-4, whereby appeal preferred by him has been rejected by the Engineer-in-Chief (South), Punjab State Electricity Board, Patiala. A prayer has also been made for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the official respondents to pay to the petitioner with interest, a sum of Rs. 1,01,984/- which had been deducted from his pensionary benefits. It is averred in the petition that after rejection of the appeal by the Engineer-in-Chief (South) Punjab State Electricity Board, Patiala, vide order Annexure P-4, the petitioner submitted a revision-cum-mercy petition to the Secretary of the respondent- Board, on 11.9.2009, a copy whereof has been attached to this 2 Civil Writ Petition No. 1962 of 2010 petition as Annexure P-6, but no decision has been taken thereon till date. At the hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner would feel satisfied if a direction is issued by this Court to the Secretary of the respondent-Board to consider and take a final decision on the revision-cum-mercy petition filed by the petitioner within a fixed time frame. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Secretary, Punjab State Electricity Board, Patiala to dispose of the revision-cum-mercy petition preferred by the petitioner, a copy whereof has been attached to this petition as Annexure P-6, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within three months from today, in accordance with law and by passing a speaking order. (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) February 5, 2010 JUDGE *RKMALIK*