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CASE NO.:

Appeal (civil) 184 of 2008

PETITIONER:

S.K. DUA

RESPONDENT:

STATE OF HARYANA & ANR

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 09/01/2008

BENCH:

C.K. THAKKER & D.K. JAIN

JUDGMENT:

J U D G M E N T

ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) No. 21311 OF 2005

C.K Thakker, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. This appeal is directed against an

order passed by the High Court of Punjab &

Haryana at Chandigarh on July 7, 2005 in Writ

Petition (C) No. 10025 of 2005. By the

impugned order, the High Court dismissed the

petition in limine relegating the appellant \026

writ petitioner to avail a remedy by

approaching a Civil Court.

3. Facts in brief are that the appellant

was working as an Engineer-in-Chief in the

Department of Irrigation, Haryana. According

to him, he joined the service in Irrigation

Department of the erstwhile State of Punjab in

August, 1961 and was allocated to the

Department of Irrigation and Power in the

State of Haryana. He was promoted as Engineer-

in-Chief on May 31, 1996 and worked in that

capacity till he attained the age of

superannuation in June, 1998. The appellant

had an