Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant :Mr. Sandeep Singh, Advocate

JUDGMENT :

Namit Kumar J.

1. The petitioner has invoked the jurisdiction of this Court by filing the present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking a writ of certiorari for quashing the charge-sheet dated 30.11.2023 (Annexure P-12) on the ground that the same cannot be issued after his retirement.

2. Brief facts of the case, as have been pleaded in the petition, are that the petitioner joined the erstwhile Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) now Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) as Lineman on 11.08.1987 and was further promoted to the post of Junior Engineer on 28.02.1996. The Punjab State Electricity Board was formed in the year 1959 under the Electricity Supply Act, 1948, which was unbundled into two companies under Punjab Power Sector Reforms Transfer Scheme, 2010 into Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and Punjab State Power Transmission Limited, vide Notification dated 16.04.2010 (Annexure P-1)and in terms of the said Transfer Scheme, all the rights, liabilities, assets including the personnel of the erstwhile PSEB, were transferred to respondent - Corporation, in terms of Clause 6(5) thereof. Further in terms of Clause 6(6) of the Sch