JUDGMENT :

NAMIT KUMAR, J.

1. The petitioner has approached this Court by way of filing the present writ petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India seeking writ of certiorari for quashing of order dated 29.05.2019 (Annexure P-5) passed by respondent No. 2-Director, Local Bodies, Punjab whereby the claim of the petitioner for grant of leave encashment has been rejected on the ground that dismissed employee is not entitled for leave encashment.

2. The brief facts leading to the filing of the present petition are that the petitioner was working as J.D., B&R in the Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar when he was booked in case FIR No. 17 dated 01.04.1999 for the offences under Sections 7 and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and was thereafter convicted under the above sections and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 04 years vide judgment dated 07.03.2002. The said judgment was challenged by the petitioner before this Court by filing appeal bearing No. CRA-S-453-SB-2002 which was dismissed vide judgment dated 20.05.2015 by upholding the conviction and sentence awarded by the Trial Court. Even the Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No. 6767