ORDER

1. Ajit Singh, the respondent herein, was employed as Superintendent in a the Office of District Food and Supplies Controller at Patiala. One Narinder Kumar Malhotra, who was employed as Sub-Inspector, Food and Supplies, Patiala, was dismissed from service by order dated 8-2- 1988. The said order of dismissal of Narinder Kumar Maihotra was received in the office of respondent for delivery to Narinder Kumar Malhotra on 11-2-1988 but it was not served on him and he was able to obtain stay of the said order in the civil suit filed by him. Having regard to the conduct of the respondent in having failed to serve the order of dismissal on Narinder Kumar Malhotra, the respondent was placed under suspension by order dated 13-4-1988 and disciplinary proceedings were initiated against him on the basis of a charge-sheet dated 13-7-1988. The representation submitted by the respondent against the order of suspension was rejected by the State Government by order dated 12-7-1988. The respondent filed a writ petition (CWP No. 6950 of 1988) in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana challenging the order of suspension, the charge and the order rejecting the representation against the order of su