{"id":242858,"date":"2009-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dharam-pal-kharbanda-vs-uttar-haryana-bijli-vitran-on-16-april-2009"},"modified":"2015-06-06T01:24:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T19:54:41","slug":"dharam-pal-kharbanda-vs-uttar-haryana-bijli-vitran-on-16-april-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dharam-pal-kharbanda-vs-uttar-haryana-bijli-vitran-on-16-april-2009","title":{"rendered":"Dharam Pal Kharbanda vs Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran on 16 April, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Dharam Pal Kharbanda vs Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran on 16 April, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>             IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA\n                           AT CHANDIGARH\n\n                          C.W.P. No. 5541 of 2009\n\n                          DATE OF DECISION: APRIL 16, 2009\n\nDharam Pal Kharbanda\n\n                                                          .....PETITIONER\n                                 Versus\n\nUttar Haryana Bijli Vitran\nNigam Limited, Panchkula and others\n                                                        ....RESPONDENTS\n\n\nCORAM:      HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL\n                         ---\n\nPresent:     Mr.K.L. Dhingra, Advocate,\n             for the petitioner.\n                    ..\n\nSATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J. (Oral)\n<\/pre>\n<p>             The petitioner, who was serving as Junior Engineer (1) with the<\/p>\n<p>Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited, Yamun Nagar, has retired from<\/p>\n<p>service on 31.1.2006. It is the case of the petitioner that the respondents<\/p>\n<p>have withheld an amount of Rs.64,388\/- out of the retiral benefits on<\/p>\n<p>account of some shortage of transformer oil and parts. It is further the case<\/p>\n<p>of the petitioner that in view of the policy decision, copy of which has been<\/p>\n<p>annexed as Annexure P-3, as well as the judgment of this Court in Ratti<\/p>\n<p>Ram v. UHBVN and others, CWP No.4631 of 2008, decided on September<\/p>\n<p>11, 2008, the respondents could not have withheld the said amount,<\/p>\n<p>particularly when neither any charge-sheet was issued nor any enquiry was<\/p>\n<p>held. It is further the case of the petitioner that in this regard the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>has submitted a detailed representation for the release of the withheld<\/p>\n<p>amount, copy of which has been annexed as Annexure P-15, but the<\/p>\n<p>respondents are not taking any decision on the said representation.<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                    CWP No.5541 of 2009                         -2-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            In view of these facts, after hearing the counsel for the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner and without issuing notice to the other side as it will unnecessary<\/p>\n<p>delay the matter, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent<\/p>\n<p>No.2 to consider and decide the said representation expeditiously and<\/p>\n<p>preferably within a period of three months.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<pre>April 16, 2009                         (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL)\nvkg                                            JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Dharam Pal Kharbanda vs Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran on 16 April, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. 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