{"id":5132,"date":"2009-12-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-punjab-and-others-vs-a-s-i-pritam-singh-on-18-december-2009"},"modified":"2018-04-02T19:14:38","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T13:44:38","slug":"state-of-punjab-and-others-vs-a-s-i-pritam-singh-on-18-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-punjab-and-others-vs-a-s-i-pritam-singh-on-18-december-2009","title":{"rendered":"State Of Punjab And Others vs A.S.I. Pritam Singh on 18 December, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">State Of Punjab And Others vs A.S.I. Pritam Singh on 18 December, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT    FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB\n        AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH.\n\n\n                                          RSA 3053 of 2009\n                                          Date of decision:- 18.12.2009\n\nState of Punjab and others\n                                                         appellants\n\n                         vs\n\nA.S.I. Pritam Singh\n\n                                                         Respondent\n\nPresent:    Mr. NS Pawar, Addl.A.G. Pb\n            Mr. SS Swaich, Advocate.\n\n\nM.M.S.BEDI,J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>            The plaintiff- respondent had filed a suit for declaration and<br \/>\npermanent injunction challenging the penalty imposed upon him after<br \/>\nholding an inquiry under the Punjab Police Rules. The trial court had<br \/>\ndismissed the suit whereas the lower appellate court had partly decreed<br \/>\nthe suit of the plaintiff- respondent holding that so far as the order of<br \/>\npunishment dated 14.4.1998 against the plaintiff- respondent                is<br \/>\nconcerned, it is appropriate to the extent of directing of stoppage of one<br \/>\nannual increment but so far as the punishment of forfeiture of one year&#8217;s<br \/>\napproved service permanently is concerned, it was set aside being illegal<br \/>\nand contravention to the service rules.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Learned State counsel has vehemently contended that the suit<br \/>\nof the plaintiff- respondent, being not within limitation and silent about any<br \/>\nstatutory irregularity, ought to have been dismissed in toto.\n<\/p>\n<p>            After hearing learned counsel for the parties, I am of the<br \/>\nopinion that the finding of fact has been given by the lower appellate court<br \/>\nthat the punishment of forfeiture of one year&#8217;s approved service<br \/>\npermanently is not prescribed under the rules and that the punishment of<br \/>\nstoppage of one increment gives a recurring cause of action every month.<br \/>\nNo ground is made out for interference in the judgment and decree passed<br \/>\nby the lower appellate court, as no substantial question of law arises.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<pre>December 18 ,2009                                  (M.M.S.BEDI)\nTSM                                                    JUDGE\n  <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court State Of Punjab And Others vs A.S.I. Pritam Singh on 18 December, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. RSA 3053 of 2009 Date of decision:- 18.12.2009 State of Punjab and others appellants vs A.S.I. Pritam Singh Respondent Present: Mr. NS Pawar, Addl.A.G. Pb Mr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-punjab-haryana-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>State Of Punjab And Others vs A.S.I. 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