101 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 09.10.2025 Dr. B.K Singal …Petitioner Vs.

State of Punjab and Others …Respondents Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Justice N.S.Shekhawat Present : Mr. Ranjit Singh Kalra, Advocate with Ms. Mona Yadav, Advocate Ms. Sana Sahni, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Charanpreet Singh, AAG, Punjab.

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N.S.Shekhawat J.

1. The petitioner has filed the present writ petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India with a prayer to issue a Writ in the nature of Certiorari for quashing the charge-sheet dated 08.02.1994 (Annexure P-1), punishment order dated 21.02.1998 (Annexure P-6) and order dated 16.10.1998 (Annexure P-7), whereby, a cut of 10% on the pension of the petitioner was imposed.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently argued that the petitioner had joined the services in the Department of Health, Government of Punjab in May,1970 as Medical Officer. Later on, he was promoted to the post of Senior Medical Officer in May, 1984 and was designated as Chief Medical Officer in the year 1990. The work and conduct of the petitioner always remained good and there was no complaint against him. Ultimately, the petitio