IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP. No. 19404 of 2010 Date of Decision: 29.10.2010. Ved Parkash Arya --Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others --Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI. Present:- Mr. Sandeep Thakkar, Advocate for the petitioner. *** PERMOD KOHLI.J (ORAL) Notice of motion. Mr. R.D. Sharma, D.A.G., Haryana and Mr. Narender Hooda, Advocate present in the Court have been asked to accept notice on behalf of respondents no.1 and 2 to 4 respectively. Keeping in view the nature of relief claimed and with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is being disposed of at the motion stage itself. The petitioner was serving with the respondent-Nigam and retired from service on 31.3.2010 as U.D.C on attaining the age of superannuation. During the period petitioner was in service, he was served with a charge sheet and an inquiry under Regulation 7 of the H.S.E.B Employee (Punishment & Appeal) Regulation Act, 2006 was initiated against him. The petitioner has two fold grievance. (1) That the inquiry initiated against the petitioner in the year 2009 has not been concluded till date. (2) The petitioner has not been released any pensionary/retiral benefits. CWP. No. 19404 of 2010 -2- The petitioner has already retired from service. It was obligatory upon the respondents to have completed the inquiry expeditiously. That does not seem to have happened. The petitioner is also entitled to at least provisional pension after his retirement, notwithstanding, the fact that a departmental inquiry is pending against him. In view of the above circumstances, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondents no.2 & 3 to conclude the inquiry/disciplinary proceedings in the following manner:- (a) The inquiry shall be completed within a period of four months. The petitioner shall associate with the inquiry proceedings. (b) On conclusion of the inquiry and receipt of the inquiry report, the disciplinary authority will take a final decision within a period of two months thereafter. (c) The respondents will release the provisional pension in favour of the petitioner, within a period of two months from today. Release of the other pensionary/retiral benefits will depend upon the outcome of the inquiry/disciplinary proceedings. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 29.10.2010. lucky